The comparison of effectiveness of cognitive- behavioral therapy methods and assertive training on the rate of vocational Satisfaction and exhaustion in staffers of Health center in Rasht

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Shahnam  Abolghassemi ¹ (Assistant professor. Islamic Azad University. Tonekabon Branch)
Leyla  Moghtader ² (M.A Degree Psychology Field. IAU Tonekabon Branch.)

Received: 2009-08-13 Accepted : 2009-12-02 Published : 2009-11-22

Keywords: Cognitive-behavioral therapy-assertive training-Vocational satisfaction-Vocational exhaustion,

Abstract :

In order to determine the effectiveness of assertive training  and cognitive- behavioral methodology training on the Staffs vocational satisfaction and the staffs vocational exhaustion at Health center ,city Rasht,20 items questionnaires of Davis, Laf Kosit and Vies and also the 40-item questionnaires of Le and Ashford have been given to 400 employees of Health Center in city of Rasht and among them ,60 employees who were with low vocational satisfaction and high vocational exhaustion were selected and they were selected  randomly into 3 group of 20 persons. The first group received assertive training, the second group received behavioral methodology training strategies, and the third group did not receive any training as a control group. The following research hypotheses have been provided on the basis of the comparison of two methods. The assertive training and cognitive-behavioral on the rate of satisfaction and vocational exhaustion. The experimental research method of two-group pretest and posttest is with control group. The research results showed that behavioral cognitive therapy and assertive training faction have been caused in increasing the vocational satisfaction and decreasing vocational exhaustion men and women. Furthermore, the effect of behavioral - cognitive therapeutics in increasing the vocational satisfaction and decreasing the vocational exhaustion are more than the assertive training and the rate of increasing vocational satisfaction and decreasing vocational exhaustion in women are more than men.