Iraj Safa'i Rad; Mohsen Ahmadi; Mahdi Rabi'i; Mahmoud Najafi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , February 2013, , Pages 63-80
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy and metacognitive therapy on social phobia symptoms of Hamadan city patients. In this experimental design, among the patients with social phobia who referred to psychological and guidance clinics of Hamadan in 2011, 45 ...
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The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy and metacognitive therapy on social phobia symptoms of Hamadan city patients. In this experimental design, among the patients with social phobia who referred to psychological and guidance clinics of Hamadan in 2011, 45 subjects were selected through simple random sampling method, and 15 subjects were randomly assigned in the first experimental group (cognitive-behavior therapy), 15 subjects in the second experimental group (meta-cognitive therapy) and 15 subjects in the control group. The first experimental group received eight sessions (two hours) of cognitive-behavior therapy intervention during two months, the second experimental group received eight sessions (two hours) of meta-cognitive therapy intervention during two months while the control group received no intervention. The data collection instrument was Moshaveri's Social Phobia Assessment Scale. The result of the one-way ANOVA analysis of data showed that there was a significant difference between the three group's post-test and mean score of social phobia dependant variable (F=10.80, p<00.1). Moreover, LSD post hoc test indicated the reduction of social phobia symptoms of experimental groups rather than the control group in post-test, but there was no significant differences between the experimental groups' scores (p>0.5).
