Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of forgiveness therapy for wives of alcoholics in South Korea suffering from emotional abuse by their spouses.Methods: Non-randomized quasi-experimental research was conducted with 2-hour weekly forgiveness therapy sessions for 12 weeks, and pre-test, post-test, and a 12-week follow-up test. A total number of 28 subjects were divided into two groups: 15 in the experimental group and 13 in the control group. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, χ2 test, and repeated measure ANOVA, using SPSS 20.0.Results: The experimental group showed a significantly higher score on the forgiveness scale than did the control group (t = 0.312, p < .010) and the 12-week follow-up test (F = 4.43, p = .039). In the subcategories of the forgiveness scale, affect and cognition scores were significantly increased but there was no significant change on the behavior score.Conclusions: These findings suggest that forgiveness therapy may be an effective intervention program to improve forgiveness for the emotionally abused wives of alcoholics.
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机译：目的：本研究的目的是检验宽恕疗法对配偶遭受情感虐待的韩国酗酒者妻子的有效性。方法：采用每周2小时每周一次的宽恕疗法进行非随机的准实验研究12周，以及测试前，测试后和12周的跟踪测试。总共28位受试者分为两组：实验组15位和对照组13位。数据采用描述性统计， t -检验，χ 2 检验以及重复测量方差分析（使用SPSS 20.0）进行分析。结果：实验组在宽恕量表比对照组（ t = 0.312， p <.010）和12周随访测试（F = 4.43， p = .039）。在宽恕量表的子类别中，情感和认知得分显着增加，但行为得分没有显着变化。结论：这些发现表明，宽恕治疗可能是一种有效的干预方案，可以改善酗酒的，遭受情感虐待的妻子的宽恕。
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