Mindfulness-Based Islamic Spiritual Therapy on Enhancing Subjective Well-Being in Married Women with Infertility

Infertile women facing social stigma often have reduced subjective well-being. This quasi-experimental study tested whether mindfulness-based Islamic spiritual therapy could improve well-being in infertile married women. Ten participants were split into control and experimental groups. Before therapy, both groups had equal well-being scores. After the intervention, the experimental group showed significantly higher well-being scores compared to the control group, and within-group analysis confirmed a significant increase. The authors suggest this spiritual therapy could serve as an alternative psychotherapy to enhance well-being for infertile married women.

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Abstract

The inability of infertile women to have children and relevant social stigma is significantly effective in reducing subjective well-being. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of mindfulness-based Islamic spiritual therapy on improving the subjective well-being of infertile married women. A non-randomized pretest posttest control group quasi-experimental design was implemented, with subjective well-being and mindfulness measured using the Subjective Well Being for Infertility Scale and Five Facet Questionnaire, respectively. A total of 10 participants were also selected and categorized into control and experimental groups. The results showed that the subjective well-being conditions of both groups were equal before therapy, regarding the Mann-Whitney U test with a value of Z = 0.000 and a 1.000 significance level (>0.05). The Mann Whitney U test was also implemented with a value of Z = -2.402 and a 0.016 significance level (<0.05), showing a difference in subjective well-being scores within the Control and Experimental Groups. Furthermore, the Wilcoxon Rank Test produced a Z-value and significance level of -2.023 and 0.043 (<0.05), respectively. This result showed an increase in subjective well-being scores within the experimental group after mindfulness-based Islamic spiritual therapy. The spiritual therapy was also used as an alternative psychotherapy to improve the subjective well-being of married women with infertility problems.