Clinical Psychology Achievements

Development and validation of a post-divorce psychological intervention protocol for women

https://doi.org/10.22055/jacp.2025.49313.1467
Volume 11, Issue 2
Spring 2025
Pages 75-88
Clinical Psychology Achievements

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Zahra Hajiheydari 1
Mahsima Pourshahriari 2
Simin Hosseinian 3
Seyedeh Monavar Yazdi 4

1 PhD in counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, The faculty of Education & Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Aim: The present study was conducted to develop and validate the protocol of online group psychological interventions to reduce post-divorce damages for women. Method: The sequential-exploratory mixed method was chosen because the culture-based psychological protocol needed to be designed and validated. In the first phase, to develop a protocol, using a qualitative research method based on qualitative content analysis, a conventional content analysis approach. In the second phase, the developed protocol was validated using qualitative and quantitative methods. For qualitative evaluation, interviews were conducted, and for quantitative evaluation, data were calculated using the content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI). Results: Considering that the obtained value of the content validity ratio was greater than the minimum value mentioned in the table of Lawshe, the result is acceptable. The obtained value of the content validity index was also greater than 0.7, which indicates that the protocol complies with the acceptable transparency, simplicity, and relevance of the content. Conclusion: Accordingly, the use of an online group psychological intervention protocol is proposed to reduce divorce damages for female clients.
 

Keywords

Divorce adjustment
protocol to reduce post-divorce damages
psychological interventions
online group counseling
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