Comparing the Effectiveness of Therapy Based on Positive Psychology and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Internet Addiction and Social Adjustment of secondary school male students

Subject Areas : Clinical

ali pourrosta ¹ , Kioumars beshlide ² , Najmeh Hamid ³ , esmaeil hashemi ⁴

1 - Department of Psychology, Psychology and Educational Science Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Psychology and Educational Science Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Psychology and Educational Science Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Psychology and Educational Science Faculty, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2023-02-16 Accepted : 2023-05-31 Published : 2024-12-11

Keywords: Internet addiction, Therapy based on positive psychology, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, secondary school Male students, Social adaptation,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on positive psychology and cognitive-behavioral therapy on internet addiction and social adjustment of second course male students in Yasouj city. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population included all male students of the second course of high schools in Yasouj city in the academic year of 2020-2021 (In total, 6,864 students). Among them 45 who were in addition to their inclusion criteria in the Internet Addiction Scale (Young, 1998) score was above and Social Adjustment Scale (Bell, 1961) score was down in a randomized design in three groups of 15 each Allocated. The experimental groups received Cognitive-Behavioral treatment and therapy based on positive psychology were treated in 10 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that therapy based on positive psychology and cognitive-behavioral therapy was effective to decrease internet addiction (Effect Size=0/52) and increase social adjustment (Effect Size=0/39); (p<0.001). Comparison of treatment groups indicates the same effective of positive psychology and cognitive-behavioral therapy on internet addiction and social adjustment.

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