The effects of life skills psychoeducation program on divorced women’s self-actualization levels

Bolkan A., KAYA A.

Anthropologist, vol.23, no.3, pp.343-354, 2016 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09720073.2014.11891954
  • Journal Name: Anthropologist
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.343-354
  • Keywords: Divorce, Life skills, Personal orientation, Program, Psychoeducation, Self-actualization
  • Istanbul Kültür University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Society’s smallest unit and a social institution of the family in this age every day for various reasons loses its functions and as a result of this, in the world, in Turkey as well as in TRNC, the divorce rate has been influenced. Divorce is a severe life event in human life causing a concussion. The fundamental aim of this research is to examine the effects of Life Skills Psychoeducation Program on divorced women’s self-actualization levels. Research results show that life skills were not effective on the psychoeducation program’s participants using their time well but their self-actualization and taking support from lower scales of self-actualization from within (inner directed support) have increased significantly. The researchers have not come across any similar work to this one on the divorce process and post-divorce process directed at adults in TRNC and Turkey.