The Effectiveness of Emotional Management Instruction in Increasing the Quality of Life

Elaheh Rostami, Badrieh Bakhtari, Nosrat Bakhtari

Abstract


This study was done aimed at the investigation of the effectiveness of emotional management instruction in increasing the quality of life of Bandar Abbas couples. This was a quasi-experimental study on a population including the couples of Bandar Abbas. The sample of this study included 30 couples (15 participants in the control group and 15 participants in the experimental group). The sample was selected through convenient sampling. The instrument of this study was the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire. This questionnaire was administered to the participants of the control and experimental groups before and after the instruction. The data analysis was done through COVARIANCE Analysis. The results showed that emotional management instruction was 67.5 percent effective in increasing the quality of life of Bandar Abbas couples. The coefficient of the effect of emotional management instruction in increasing physical health, psychological quality, social relationships, and quality of environment and the life of couples were 72.8, 67.7, 60.0 and 64.7 percent respectively. Thus, emotional management instruction is an effective factor in increasing the quality of life of couples and people with more appropriate emotional management can focus on various dimensions of their lives.

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