The effect of spiritual therapy on the mental health of female students before entrance exam District Tehran 19
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in Counseling and PsychotherapyRazihe Darooni 1 , Seyyede Maesoume Jourabchi 2 *
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2 - Azad university
Keywords: Mental health before the entrance exam, students, spiritual therapy ,
Abstract :
Purpose: Adolescence is one of the most important periods of life that is accompanied by important physical, emotional, cognitive and social changes that have a significant impact on the growth and development of personality. At this stage, adolescents experience excessive psychological stress; therefore, excessive psychological stress and vulnerability to mental disorders at this age can seriously affect their mental health. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of spirituality therapy on the mental health of female students in District 19 of Tehran before the entrance exam.
Methodology: The present study conducted an experiment with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all female students in the second high school (12th grade) in District 19 of Tehran in the academic year 2023-24. 36 volunteer students were enrolled in the study using simple random sampling and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (18) and control groups (18). The research tools included the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the Richards & Bergin Group Spirituality Therapy Program (1997).
Findings: The results of the present study showed that spirituality therapy is effective in improving the mental health of female students before the entrance exam (p=0.001, F=177.45). Also, the results showed that spirituality therapy is effective in improving physical symptoms (p=0.001, F=23.54), anxiety (p=0.001, F=26.94), impairment in social functioning and actions (p=0.001, F=24.54), and depressive symptoms (p=0.001, F=91.94).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that spiritual therapy can be a suitable method for increasing the mental health of female students before the entrance exam. Also, entrance exam schools and all secondary schools, in addition to test preparation and entrance exam lessons, should allocate sessions for spiritual therapy by counselors and psychologists to increase mental health before the entrance exam.
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