The Effectiveness of Problem Solving Training on Depression and Anxiety of 19-Adolescent Students during the COVID
Subject Areas : روانشناسی تحولیRazie Siabani 1 , کیوان کاکابرایی 2 , hasan amiri 3 , saeedeh-sadat hosseini 4
1 - Department of Psychology, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 - Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
3 - عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاد کرمانشاه
4 - Department of Psychology, Collage of Humanities, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Keywords: problem solving, depression, anxiety, coronavirus,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was effectiveness of problem solving training on depression and anxiety of adolescent students during the Corona virus era. This research was a quasi experimental type with a pretest-posttest design and followup with a control group. 30 teenage students were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15). The problem solving training program was implemented in 10 one-hour sessions on the experimental group for measured using to Depression Questionnaire (Beck, Steer & Brown 1996) and Anxiety Questionnaire (Beck, Spstein, Brown & Steer, 1988). The data was analyzed through the method of Mixed ANOVA and it showed that there was a significant difference in the mean scores of the participants in depression and anxiety in the posttest compared to the pretest. There was no significant change between the posttest and follow-up scores in the depression and anxiety of the students in the experimental group, which indicated the significant persistence of the changes in the follow-up phase. Results showed necessity of using the problem solving training program for teenagers in order to cope effectively in critical situations.
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