Abstract
Introduction: the emergence of divorce phenomenon can influence the women’s cognitive, psychological and communicative processes. the present study was conducted aiming to determine the effectiveness of transactional behavior analysis therapy on life quality and self-esteem of the divorced women.
Methods: it was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest with control group. The statistical population of the current study was all divorced women who referred to consultation centers in the city of Ahvaz in 2017. 30 divorced women were selected through purposive sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 15). The divorced women in the experimental group received transactional behavior analysis therapy (Noshadi and Mo’tamedi, 2015).  The questionnaires of life quality (WHO, 1994) and self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965) were used. The data from the study were analyzed through MANCOVA method.
 Results: the results showed that the transactional behavior analysis therapy has had significant effect on life quality and self-esteem of divorced women (p<0.001).
Conclusion: according to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that the transactional behavior analysis therapy can be used as an efficient method to improve life quality and self-esteem of the divorced women concentrating on the person’s sensual moods, knowing different types of relationship and organizing the person’s time and planning for it.