The Effectiveness of Group Logotherapy on the Sense of Loneliness of Elderly Women Resident in Nursing Home

Subject Areas : Educational

Shayesteh Zanjiran ¹ , Leila Keyani ² , Maryam Zare ³ , Zeynab shayeghian ⁴

1 - کارشناسی ارشد روان‌شناسی شخصیت، دانشگاه آزاد کرج
2 - کارشناسی ارشد روان‌شناسی شخصیت، دانشگاه آزاد کرج
3 - دانشجوی دکتری روان‌شناسی دانشگاه پیام نور تهران
4 - دکترای روان‌شناسی پژوهشکده غدد درون‌ریز و متابولیسم، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: Logotherapy, elderly women, loneliness,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of group logotherapy on the sense of loneliness of elderly women resident in nursing homes. The sample was selected from all elderly women resident in nursing homes in Shahriyar County using convenience sampling and then participants were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Then the experimental group received 10 sessions of group logotherapy for 5 weeks (a two-hour session, twice a week) while the control group did not receive any intervention. Our data collection instrument was the Revised Loneliness Scale (Russell et al,1980) and a covariance was used for data analysis. The findings of this study showed that group logotherapy significantly decreased the sense of loneliness in experimental group (P < 0/001). Accordingly, we can say that group logotherapy is effective in reducing the sense of loneliness of elderly women and so professionals can apply treatments of this kind to promote mental health of the elderly.

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