Abstract:
The present study aimed to study the effectiveness of a family counseling
program in improving the family quality of life for women headed household in
the kingdom of Bahrain. The researchers used the quasi-experimental approach
of the two groups, experimental and control, to determine the effectiveness
of the program in the improving the family quality of life for the women
headed household (WHH). The sample of the study consisted of (22) WHH
who were divided into equal groups: experimental and control groups. The
program consisted of )10( sessions. The tools of the study included a measure
of family quality of life prepared by the researchers to measure family quality
of life among WHH, in addition to the family counseling program. The study
used several statistical tests: the average grades, the Mann-Whitney test to
calculate the differences between two independent groups, and the Wilcoxon
test to calculate the differences between two related groups. The results of the
study revealed that there were statistically signifcant differences between the
experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental group. It also
revealed the existence of statistically signifcant differences between the pre
and post and trace measurements in the experimental group, indicating the
success of the program used to improve the family quality of life for the WHH
in the kingdom of Bahrain.
