The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of religious–based cognitive–behavioral
therapy on resiliency in couples. The research employed a
quasi–experimental method with a pretest and posttest design. The population
consisted of all married women refe More
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of religious–based cognitive–behavioral
therapy on resiliency in couples. The research employed a
quasi–experimental method with a pretest and posttest design. The population
consisted of all married women referred to district 1 counseling center in
Karaj city. 30 women with low resiliency were selected by available sampling
through Kanner and Davidson resiliency Questionnaire (2003), and randomly
assigned to an experimental (15 subjects) and a control group (15 subjects).
The experimental group received 10 sessions of religious-based
cognitive–behavioral therapy, each forty
five minutes which held twice a week. During this period no intervention
was given to the control group. Resiliency questionnaire was administered again
as the post test. The co-variance analysis revealed that religious-based cognitive–behavioral
therapy was significantly related to the increase of resiliency (P < 0.0001).
The findings of religious- based
cognitive-behavioral therapy can be considered as a significant and
effective method in increasing resiliency.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of compassion-based therapy on depression and self criticism of female students. This study employed a semi-experimental method and used a pre-test, post-test and follow up design with experimental and control groups. More
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of compassion-based therapy on depression and self criticism of female students. This study employed a semi-experimental method and used a pre-test, post-test and follow up design with experimental and control groups. The population included all female students of university of Farhangian in Ahvaz in 2014 (1393-94s.c.). From among 200 students who were registered to participate in the study, 40 students who had received one standard deviation above the mean in the test of depression, were selected randomly and assigned in the experimental (20 students) and control (students) groups. The tools of this study were Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, et al, 1996) and Levels of Self-Criticism Scale (Thompson, 2004). The experimental group received 8 sessions of the compassion-based therapy. The analysis of covariance showed that compassion-based therapy decreased students’ depression and self criticism (internalizing self-criticism and comparative self-criticism). (P<0.0001). These results significantly persisted after follow-up period. It was then concluded that compassion-based therapy can be used by psychologist as a new and effective method to decrease depression and female students’ self-criticism.
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The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of hardiness training on quality of life of Fatima Zahra teachers training female students in Ahwaz. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest, control group and follow-up test. The populat More
The aim of this research was to study the effectiveness of hardiness training on quality of life of Fatima Zahra teachers training female students in Ahwaz. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest, control group and follow-up test. The population of this study consisted of all Fatima Zahra teachers training female students in Ahwaz. The research sample included 60 students who participated voluntarily and were placed in the experimental and control groups. The instrument was a 26 items Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF, 1994). The experimental group received hardiness training for 9 sessions of 90 minutes each but the control group did not receive any intervention. After completing the training program, the post-test and follow-up test were carried out on both groups one month later. The results multiple covariance analyses revealed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in quality of life and the experimental group means were higher in the post- test and follow-up (P < 0.0001 ). Generally, the hardiness training has increased the quality of life of students in the post-test and follow up.
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