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The Effectiveness of a Group Counseling Program Based on Feminist Therapy Reducing
Feelings of Guilt and Stigma of Battered Women
Baraa Asaad Khatatbeh , Manar Saeed Bani Mustafa*
Department of Psychological and Educational Counseling, Faculty of Education, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Received: 20/9/2022
Revised: 27/5/2023
Accepted: 9/8/2023
Published: 30/6/2024
* Corresponding author:
manarbm80@yahoo.com
Citation: Khatatbeh, B. A., & Bani
Mustafa, M. S. B. (2024). The
Effectiveness of a Group Counseling
Program Based on Feminist Therapy
Reducing Feelings of Guilt and
Stigma of Battered Women. Dirasat:
Human and Social Sciences, 51(3),
95–108.
https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v51i3.1
931
Abstract
Objectives: The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a group counseling program based
on feminist therapy in reducing feelings of guilt and stigma among battered women.
Methods: The study sample included thirty battered women randomly assigned to one of two
equal groups: an experimental group (number=15) that participated in the group counseling
program and a control group (number=15) that did not participate in any intervention program.To
achieve the aims of the study, the researchers gathered data from both study groups using
measures of guilt and stigma in pre- and post-tests. They were also employed in the experimental
group’s follow-up test.
Results: The results of the accompanying variance analysis revealed statistically significant
differences between the experimental and control groups in the mean scores on the scale of guilt
in the post-test, favoring the experimental group with an arithmetic mean of (2.096) and a
standard deviation of (0.352), noting that the program’s effect size reached the value of (0.874%),
and on the stigma scale in the post-test with an arithmetic mean of (2.249) and a standard
deviation of (0.287), emphasizing that the program’s effect size has attained a value of (0.879%),
indicating the program’s efficacy. The results of the post- and follow-up comparisons among the
experimental group members revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the
measure of guilt between the average of the post-measurement, which was (2.10) and a standard
deviation of (0.352), and the follow-up, which was (2.23) and a standard deviation of (0.348), and
the absence of statistically significant differences between the mean of the post-measurement,
which was (2.10) and a standard deviation of (0.348).
Conclusions: Because of its success in reducing guilt and stigma among battered women, the
program utilized in the current study within group counseling in counseling centers is needed for
women’s service.
Keywords: Counseling program, feminist therapy, feelings of guilt, stigma, battered women.
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