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Volume 6, Issue 2 (Summer 2017, Issue 20 2017) |
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Effectiveness of Existential Group Psychotherapy on Psychological Well-Being and Distress Tolerance of Physical-Motor Disabled
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Fariba Esmaeili Ghazi Valuei1   , Milad Ghomi2 , Abdollah Jamali3 , Zahra Shafiee4 |
1- Mohagegh Ardabili University
2- Islamic Azad University south Tehran branch
3- Department of psychology and educational sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran. , a.jamali@ut.ac.ir
4- Allameh Tabatabaei University |
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Abstract: (4852 Views) |
Introduction: People with disabilities, in terms of their position, are one of the society groups who are in greatest need of support. Because disability affects people health and psychological well-being, for most of them coping with this condition are difficult. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of existential group psychotherapy on psychological well-being and distress tolerance of physical-motor disabled.
Methods: Method of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and a control group. Statistical population of this study was all physical-motor disabled people in region two of Tehran, in 2015. Among whom sixty clients of Raad physical-motor disabled rehabilitation center who were willing to cooperate, selected and randomly assigned to two groups(experimental and control groups; thirty persons each), as the accessible sample. The experimental group received eight sessions(ninety minutes each) but the control group received none. As pretest and posttest, Well-being scale(1989) and Simons and Gohler distress tolerance questionnaires were administered to both groups. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance by SPSS20 software.
Results: Results showed that there was significant difference between two groups in distress tolerance;(P<0.01) and significant difference between two groups in psychological well-being at posttest.(P<0.01)
Conclusions: Regarded to results of this research; it's suggested that counselors, therapists, and clinical psychologist could use existential group psychotherapy method; to improve psychological well-being and distress tolerance of physical-motor disabled. |
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| Keywords: Existential Therapy, Psychological Well-Being, Distress Tolerance, Physical-Motor Disabled |
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Received: 2017/02/8 | Accepted: 2017/07/5 | Published: 2018/01/23
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Esmaeili Ghazi Valuei F, Ghomi M, Jamali A, Shafiee Z. Effectiveness of Existential Group Psychotherapy on Psychological Well-Being and Distress Tolerance of Physical-Motor Disabled. Socialworkmag 2017; 6 (2) :24-34 URL: http://socialworkmag.ir/article-1-202-en.html
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