The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of group positive psychotherapy and psychodrama on spiritual attitude of women with chronic pain. The study was a semi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with control group, a More
The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of group positive psychotherapy and psychodrama on spiritual attitude of women with chronic pain. The study was a semi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with control group, and the statistical population included all women suffering from chronic pain who visited Pars Royal Clinic in Tehran, from among whom a sample of 45 women were selected using convenience sampling method and were assigned to three groups of 15 people. Research tools included Spiritual Attitude Scale, Group Positive Psychotherapy Protocol and Therapeutic Psychodrama Package. For analyzing the data, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was utilized. Research findings indicated that group positive psychotherapy was more effective than psychodrama on improving the spiritual attitude of women suffering from chronic pain (p<0.01). Based on the results, compared to psychodrama, group positive psychotherapy is more effective on strenghtening the spiritual attitude of women with chronic pain in using adaptive strategies to cope with chronic pain and thereby improving their quality of life
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The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodrama on reducing cognitive symptoms of social anxiety. This research is a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. In this study, 60 students More
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodrama on reducing cognitive symptoms of social anxiety. This research is a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. In this study, 60 students who met the criteria of social anxiety were randomly divided into three groups of 20, including two experimental groups and a control group. All three groups were assessed with Social Anxiety Questionnaire of Connor (2000), Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale-Brief Form of Leary (1983), Focus of Attention Questionnaire of Woody & et al (1997) and Levels of Self-Criticism Scale of Thompson & Zuroff (2004). After 12 sessions of 2 hours of cognitive-behavioral group therapy and psychodrama intervention separately in the experimental groups and nonintervention in the control group, Cognitive variables were assessed again. Findings showed that cognitive-behavioral intervention and psychodrama both significantly reduced the fear of negative evaluation, self-focused attention and self- Criticism in experimental groups compared to the control group. This difference was not significant between the experimental groups. The results showed that both methods are effective in reducing cognitive symptoms of social anxiety and can be used alternatively and depending on conditions should be used in different groups, including students
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