Mohaddeseh Manouchehri; Mahmoud Gholzari; Ezzat Ollah Kordmirza Nikouzadeh
Abstract
Drug addiction as an infelicitous social phenomenon has many detrimental effects including stress on the substance user and his family and specifically his wife. What makes health behavior at risk is the assessment of stress and ways of coping with it. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness ...
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Drug addiction as an infelicitous social phenomenon has many detrimental effects including stress on the substance user and his family and specifically his wife. What makes health behavior at risk is the assessment of stress and ways of coping with it. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of hope therapy on employ positive coping with stress strategies in wives of addicted men. The present study is a quasi-experimental with design of pre-test and post- test with control group and follow-up. This study was performed on 30 wives of addicted men in Shiraz city based on available sampling and randomly included in two groups of experiment (n=15) and control (n=15). Coping with Stress Inventory (Carver, Schier & Weintrap, 1989) was used as measurement instrument. Data were analyzed using t-test and analysis of covariance by SPSS 17 software.The results showed that the hope therapy can effect on the use of positive coping with stress at a level of significance less than 0/001. These results were stable during follow up period.According to the results of present research, can use of hope therapy as one ways to help wives of addicted men for employing the positive coping strategies for their stress.
zahra nematipour; mahmoud golzari; fariborz baqeri
Volume 2, Issue 7 , February 2012, , Pages 31-59
Abstract
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of collective patience training on the reduction of depression and stress symptoms caused by bereavement in bereaved mothers.
The study used a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest along with experimental and control groups. The data-gathering instruments ...
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This study aims to examine the effectiveness of collective patience training on the reduction of depression and stress symptoms caused by bereavement in bereaved mothers.
The study used a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest along with experimental and control groups. The data-gathering instruments were Beck Depression Inventory-2 (BDI-II) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14). The population of this research included the bereaved mothers who had three to twelve months of bereaved history, and their depression scores in BDI-II inventory were in range of severe depression. The sample consisted of 18 bereaved mothers who were randomly placed in experimental and control groups. Then, the experimental group received 10 weekly sessions (90 minutes) of patience training. Finally, a post-test was administered after the therapy sessions for both groups.
The results of the study were analyzed by independent samples t-test. The test of assumptions showed that the differences between experimental and control groups were significant in variables of depression and stress, and the intervention reduced depression and stress in bereaved mothers. The results showed that patience training is an effective therapy for reduction of depression and stress in bereaved mothers.
