The Effect of a Psychological Resilience Psychoeducation Program on Resilience and Hopelessness Among Divorced Mothers

Abstract

This study examined the effect of an online psychological resilience psychoeducation program on resilience and hopelessness among divorced mothers. A 3 × 2 mixed experimental design compared a resilience intervention, an active comparison group, and a no-intervention control group before and after the program. Thirty-eight mothers residing in Türkiye who had legally divorced within the previous two years and had not remarried completed the study. The intervention group attended twelve 90-minute sessions, the active comparison group attended ten 90-minute handicraft sessions, and the control group received no intervention. Resilience and hopelessness were assessed with the Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults and the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Mixed MANOVA indicated significant group-by-time effects: resilience increased and hopelessness decreased significantly only in the resilience intervention group. The findings support resilience-focused psychoeducation for recently divorced mothers, while the small sample, broad age range, unequal session dose, and lack of follow-up limit generalizability.