Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Islamic Azad university
2 semnan
3 alzahra
Abstract
Mental health problems among young people are a growing public health concern. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of paradox therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy on internal coherence, ego strength and symptoms of panic disorder. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all people suffering from panic disorder who referred to counseling centers and psychological services in Tehran between October and January 1402. 45 patients with panic disorder were selected as a research sample and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The research tools were the Internal Consistency Questionnaire of Arqabaei et al. 2013 (ISQ), the Psychological Strength Inventory of Ego Strom et al. 2017 (PIES) and the Panic Disorder Severity Scale of Sheyer et al. 1997 (PDSS). The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy and 6 sessions of 60-minute paradox therapy. Data analysis was done by multivariate covariance analysis. The results showed that by controlling the pre-test effect, there is a significant difference between the post-test average of the two experimental and control groups in the variables of internal coherence, ego strength and panic symptoms, which indicates the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy and paradox therapy. Paradox therapy was more effective in increasing internal coherence, ego strength and reducing panic symptoms than cognitive behavioral therapy. Based on the findings of the research, it can be concluded that this type of treatment should be considered as a psychological treatment for psychological empowerment and increasing internal coherence and reducing panic symptoms of patients with panic disorder in psychological clinics and centers.
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