Comparison of the Effect of Adolescent-centered Mindfulness training with Positive Psychology Interventions on Bereavement Symptoms and Aggression in bereaved adolescent

Subject Areas : Educational

ali taheri ¹ , gholamreza manshaee ² , ahmad abedi ³

1 - - PhD Student, faculty of Education and Psychology‚ Islamic Azad University , Isfahan(Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan,Iran
2 - Associate Professor ,Department of psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2019-08-02 Accepted : 2019-09-14 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: bereavement symptoms, positive psychology interventions, aggression, bereaved adolescen, Keywords : Mindfulness,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of adolescent-reasoned mindfulness and positive psychology interventions on bereavement symptoms and aggression in bereaved adolescent. This study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group and follow-up period. The statistical population in bereaved adolescent referred to the counseling clinics department of education in Shiraz in 2017-2018. 24 individuals were selected using accessibility sampling and were randomly divided into two experimental groups, adolescent-reasoned mindfulness and, positive psychology interventions and one control group. The research instrument were Grief Questionnaire (Dyregrov,2001) and Aggression Questionnaire (Buss and Perry,1992). Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. Results showed adolescent-reasoned mindfulness and positive psychology interventions is effective on bereavement symptoms and aggression in bereaved adolescent (p

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