EFFECTIVENESS OF PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY ON MENTAL WELL-BEING IN WOMEN EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC ABUSE

Abstract

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of Person-Centered
Therapy for the mental well-being of women experiencing domestic
abuse. The study employes a non-experimental pretest-posttest
design. The participants included 6 married women experiencing
domestic abuse with the age range from 25 to 65 years and a mean
age of 45.83 years (SD=9.94). The Warwick–Edinburgh Mental
Well-being Scale (Tennant et al., 2007) was used as the pretest and
posttest measure of mental well-being. The participants received
six customized sessions of Person-Centered Therapy. The results
reveal a significant increase in mental well-being, with pre-test
scores meaningfully rising to post-test scores. The obtained
differences between the pretest score and posttest score were
statistically significant, reflecting that Person-Centered Therapy
produced reliable outcomes. The study provides implications for
working with women experiencing domestic abuse and improving
their mental well-being using Person-Centered Therapy.