Alireza Aghayousefi; Mohammad Oraki; Tahereh Ghorbani; Maliheh Mahdieh
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This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of dialectic behavior therapy to increase the differentiation of self in women with borderline personality disorders and drug abuse was conducted. Experimental research designs with a single subject using the multi-stepped base lines were used. Based on ...
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This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of dialectic behavior therapy to increase the differentiation of self in women with borderline personality disorders and drug abuse was conducted. Experimental research designs with a single subject using the multi-stepped base lines were used. Based on the desire to participate in the research, structured diagnostic interview and entry criteria, among female patients with borderline personality disorders and substance abuse, four people were chosen. All four subjects were dialectic behavior therapy sessions during the twelve. In order to assess the differentiation of self-differentiation of self-DSI-R questionnaire by Askvern (1998) was built, was used. Dialectic behavior therapy can dramatically increase the differentiation between themselves in women with borderline personality disorders and substance abuse, so that scores during the intervening twelve sessions has increased substantially compared to baseline scores. Graphs review the effectiveness and effect size indicates a significant increase in participants was self-differentiation. Dialectic behavior therapy interventions can be effective in helping to increase the differentiation of self and a good practical implication in the treatment and prevention of substance abuse.
Fahimeh Pirsaghi; Ali Mohammad Nazari; Mehrdad Hajihassani; Hassan Nad-Alipour
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, , Pages 19-34
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The present study aims to study the effectiveness of selfdifferentiation therapy on assertiveness of female students of AllamehTabataba’i University. The research employed ...
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The present study aims to study the effectiveness of selfdifferentiation therapy on assertiveness of female students of AllamehTabataba’i University. The research employed a semi-experimentaldesign with pre-test and post-test. Using convenience samplingmethod, 20 subjects were selected from among first-yearundergraduate female students of the Faculty of Psychology andEducational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University. The samplepopulated was randomly assigned into two groups, namely experimentand control groups, each consisting of 10 people. The experimentgroup received 8 sessions of self-differentiation therapy. The controlgroup received no intervention. The data was analyzed usingCovariance analysis. The results showed that self-differentiationtherapy was effective on improvement of assertiveness (P<0.01).Generally, it can be concluded that self-differentiation therapy helpedto increase the level of assertiveness of the participants.
