This research aimed to determine the efficacy of Psychodrama on social anxiety, self-esteem and psychological well-being of students that met diagnosis of Social Anxiety Disorder. In first stage of sampling, questionnaire of social anxiety distributed in universities of More
This research aimed to determine the efficacy of Psychodrama on social anxiety, self-esteem and psychological well-being of students that met diagnosis of Social Anxiety Disorder. In first stage of sampling, questionnaire of social anxiety distributed in universities of Najafabad and students answered. In next stage, 30 students who meet diagnosis of social phobia, according to cut of point of this questionnaire(30), were selected and assigned to two experimental and control groups with 15 patients in each group. The Questionnaires of Social phobia(Kanver,2000), Self-esteem (Rozenberg,1965) and Well-being (Ryff,1970) were completed as the pretest, post-test and follow-up. The Psychodrama was conducted in 10 sessions (in 2months) in consulting center of an Azad university. Then Questionnaires were completed again. Results multivariate analysis of covariance showed that Psychodrama has been significant effect in reduction of post-test mean scores of social anxiety, self-esteem and psychological well-being (P<0.005). Psychodrama is a technical treatment(such as confrontation, asserting) could be useful to improvement of social anxiety disorder.
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The present research aimed to investigate the effect of the psychodrama on the social anxiety disorder and interpersonal sensitivity of the secondary school teenage girls. This study was a quasi-experimental design as pretest-posttest with the control group. The statist More
The present research aimed to investigate the effect of the psychodrama on the social anxiety disorder and interpersonal sensitivity of the secondary school teenage girls. This study was a quasi-experimental design as pretest-posttest with the control group. The statistical population consisted of all 11th grade students of Karaj Secondary School in the academic year of 2018-2019 which were determined based on the screening score in the pre-tests. 30 students were randomly selected to answer two research questionnaires, including the Puklek Adolescent Social Anxiety Scale (Puklek, 1997) and the Boyce & Parker International Personal Sensitivity Questionnaire (Boyce & Parker, 1989). The experimental group received the psychodrama treatment during 8 sessions 90min. After the end of training, the students of both groups were reassessed by the mentioned tests. Result of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that, the test group in comparison with the control group had a significant reduction in social anxiety disorder and interpersonal sensitivity scores (P≤0/01). Therefore, psychotherapy by using the art of drama in treatment and applying and making changes, both externally and objectifying internal imaginations and tendencies, creating new realities, causes an outpouring and psychological refinement of the individual and increases mental health and also decrease the symptoms of anxiety and sensitivity in a person's relationship.
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The aim of this study was to determine Effectiveness of Psychodrama Therapy on Emotion Regulation and the Level of Aggression amongAdolescents. The method was quasi-experimental with experimental and control groups with pre-test-post-test a More
The aim of this study was to determine Effectiveness of Psychodrama Therapy on Emotion Regulation and the Level of Aggression amongAdolescents. The method was quasi-experimental with experimental and control groups with pre-test-post-test and follow-up. The study population wasall male students in Mohr city, employed in secondary school in the academic year of 95-96. 25 subjects were screened and selected using the Aggression Questionnaire and clinical interview and 13 subjects were located in the experimental group and 12 subjects were located in control group. The experimental group received 10 sessions of Psychodrama therapy and the follow-up stage was performed one month after the treatment intervention. Subjects responded to the Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale (Gratz & Roemer, 2004) before and after treatment and in the follow-up stage. Using repeated measures analysis of variance, Findings showed that psychodrama therapy has a significant effect on improving emotional regulation and reducing adolescent aggression and this effect has remained steady in the follow-up phase. According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that psychodrama therapy can be used as an efficient method to improving emotion regulation and increase anger and aggression in the adolescents through employing techniques such as confrontation, showingfeelings, emotional refinement and role playing.
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