Effectiveness of imagery on depression, social anxiety and sleep quality of students
Subject Areas : social psychology
Reyhaneh Moghaddasi
1
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,
Mohsen Gholparvar
2
,
Hosein Hasanabadi
3
1 - PhD student of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Psychology College, Ferdoosi University, Mashhad, Iran
Keywords: social anxiety, Sleep Quality, imagery, Students, Depression,
Abstract :
The imagery can improve the very psychological characteristics, therefore this research aimed to determine the effectiveness of imagery on depression, social anxiety and sleep quality of students. Present research was a semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design and with an experimental and control groups. Research population was included students referring to the counseling center of Ferdoosi University of Mashhad in 2015-16 academic years. Research sample was 40 people which selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group trained 12 sessions of 30 minutes by imagery and the control group doesn’t receive any training. Research instruments were the questionnaires of depression, social anxiety and sleep quality which completed by students in the pre-test and post-test stages. Data was analyzed with multivariate analysis of covariance method. The findings showed that there were a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in variables of depression, social anxiety and sleep quality. In the other words imagery led to improve the depression, social anxiety and sleep quality of students (P<0/001). The results indicate the importance of imagery on the improve depression, social anxiety and sleep quality of students.
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