The effectiveness of group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) on mood in mothers experiencing child mourning
Subject Areas :maryam mirzaee 1 , Ameneh Sadat Kazemi 2 * , Bita Bahrami 3
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2 - Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Sciences Unit
3 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Keywords: group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), mood state, mothers with child bereavement experience,
Abstract :
This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) on the mood state of mothers who have experienced child bereavement.
Method: The present research was applied and quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test control group design. The statistical population consisted of mothers who had experienced child bereavement and resided in Tehran during the first six months of the year 1402 (Solar Hijri calendar). A total of 30 mothers with the experience of child bereavement were selected using convenience sampling and randomly assigned to an experimental group (n=15) and a control group (n=15). The experimental group participated in 8 weekly sessions of 90 minutes each, receiving group interpersonal psychotherapy, while the control group received no intervention. Both groups completed the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire at two time points (pre-test and post-test). The extracted data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of covariance) with SPSS version 25 software.
Findings: The results indicate that the two groups had a statistically significant difference at an error level of 0.05 in the mean difference of -2.897 for tension, -2.802 for depression, -3.699 for anger, -2.162 for vigor, -4.632 for fatigue, and -4.598 for confusion.
The results showed that group interpersonal psychotherapy has a significant effect on the mood state of mothers who have experienced child bereavement.
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