The Effectiveness of Group Logo-Therapy on the Sense of Loneliness and Death Anxiety in Elderly Women

Subject Areas : Psychology

Vahid Mostafapour ¹ , abdollah motamedi ² , Hossein Farrokhi ³

1 - Allameh Tabtabai University in Tehran, Department of Psychology, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Allameh Tabtabai University in Tehran, Department of Psychology, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Department of Psychology, Mashhad, Iran.

Received: 2018-01-28 Accepted : 2018-05-05 Published : 2018-06-22

Keywords: loneliness, logo-therapy, death anxiety, elderly women,

Abstract :

The current research was conducted with the goal of examining the effectiveness of group logo-therapy on the sense of loneliness and death anxiety of elderly women in Birjand. The statistical population included all elderly women in birjand city in 2017. 30 of them were selected through convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and control, 15 individuals each. The research method was a quasi-experimental and pre-test and post-test design with control group was used. To collect data the UCLA loneliness Scale and Collett-Lester (1969) Death Anxiety Scale were utilized.  The elderly of the experimental group received Anderson (2007), Blair (2004) and Hutzel (2002) for 8 sessions of 90-minutes intervention. The gathered data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of covariance MANCOVA. The result showed the effectiveness of logo-therapy on the sense of loneliness and death anxiety and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01).

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