2. Method
2.1. Participants and procedures
The study population included all divorced women who were living in a dargaz city in 2010-2011 and referred to
the clinic. 42 divorced women selected with low level of mental health on general health inventory (GHQ) and clinical
interview and were randomly assigned to two groups and based on the odd and even numbers. The first group (n=21)
trained stress management training program and a second group (n = 21) did not receive training. The groups were
heterogeneous for age, education, duration of divorce. Participants in pre-post test and follow up (9 months) stages
completed the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). This program was a compound of cognitive-behavioral
techniques which merged with cognitive-behavioral stress management method as stress management intervention.
This program had the intervention which was 8 sessions, twice a week, that each session was two hours. The
activities of the studied sessions were as the following table This study was a parallel -group randomized quasiexperimental
trial that from 2010 to 2011conducted in dargaz city.