Fatemeh Yaghoubian; Mohamad bagher Kajbaf; Hosseeinali Mehrabi
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Aims: In addition to physical disabilities and chronic diseases, aging also affects behavioral and psychological problems. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of a death-oriented intervention package based on Molavi's view with ACT treatment on the rate of death anxiety in the elderly in Isfahan. ...
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Aims: In addition to physical disabilities and chronic diseases, aging also affects behavioral and psychological problems. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of a death-oriented intervention package based on Molavi's view with ACT treatment on the rate of death anxiety in the elderly in Isfahan. Materials and methods: The design of this study was a quasi-experimental with two experimental groups and one control group and evaluation was done at the pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up. Sampling was done in several steps. In the first stage, among the areas of Isfahan, districts 8 and 2 were selected by the available sampling method. In the second stage, among the elderly in these areas who were not residents of the sanatorium, 36 people were purposefully selected based on the inclusion criteria. Then, these clients were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (12 people in each group) and a control group (12 people). The instrument used in this study was the Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), which has good validity and reliability. After administering the questionnaires, the research hypotheses were evaluated by repeated-measures analysis of variance. The Results: Comparing the mean scores of death anxiety in the study groups showed that there was a significant difference between the variable scores of death anxiety in the groups(p < 0.01). Therefore, it is concluded that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment and death-oriented intervention package based on Molavi's view has been effective in reducing the death anxiety of subjects. Also, there is no significant difference between the two intervention groups in influencing death anxiety. Conclusion: In general, the results of this study can provide empirical support for acceptance and commitment-based therapy and the death-oriented intervention package based on Molavi's view on reducing death anxiety.
Farzad ghaderi; Mehrdad kalantari; Hosseinali mehrabi
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The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group schema therapy on the modified early maladaptive schemas and reduction of social anxiety disorder symptoms in students. This was an experimental research, and a pre-test, post-test and control group design was applied. The statistical population ...
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The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group schema therapy on the modified early maladaptive schemas and reduction of social anxiety disorder symptoms in students. This was an experimental research, and a pre-test, post-test and control group design was applied. The statistical population of this study included male students in Isfahan University with social anxiety disorder symptoms in the academic year 1392-93. The sample of the study included 20 male students among the male students in Isfahan University identified by the scales of Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) through simple random sampling. Then, they were assigned to two groups of control and experimental (n1=n2=10), and assessed with early maladaptive schemas scale and Social Phobia Inventory. The Experimental group received group schema therapy training for 2 months (8 sessions of 90 minutes) while the control group received no training at all. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that group schema therapy in reducing symptoms of social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation and avoidance is effective, but no significant effect on symptoms of physiologically distress. In addition, the results showed that schema therapy were significantly improved early maladaptive schemas in all except two schemas abandonment / instability and subjugation (p < 0/05). Schema therapy can be used as an effective intervention for early maladaptive schemas modification and reduction of social anxiety disorder symptoms.
