The effectiveness of existential psychotherapy on attitude to life and self-flourishing of educated women homemakers.

Attitude population groups psychotherapy self women

Journal

Journal of education and health promotion
ISSN: 2277-9531
Titre abrégé: J Educ Health Promot
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101593794

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 06 01 2019
accepted: 12 09 2019
entrez: 24 12 2019
pubmed: 24 12 2019
medline: 24 12 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Women make up half of the world's population and play a critical role in the health and well-being of the family and society. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of existential psychotherapy on attitude to life and self-flourishing of educated women homemakers. A quasiexperimental study with the pretest-posttest design is used in this work. The research population included 68 homemakers with university education who live in Neyshabur, Iran. Sampling method was available. The women were randomly assigned into two groups: intervention and control groups. The women in the intervention group participated in 10 sessions of existential therapy group. The data collection tool was a questionnaire of Life Regard Index (LRI) and Human Flourishing Questionnaire (HFQ). The data were analyzed by the SPSS software version 21 using Chi-square, independent Scores of attitude to life and self-flourishing in educated homemakers before intervention were not significantly different in the two groups. Independent The results of this study emphasize that existential group therapy is effective in attitude to life, and self-flourishing of educated homemakers. This therapy can also be used to enhance individual and social abilities the importance and impact of existential psychotherapy on enhancing capabilities such as a positive attitude to life and self-flourishing.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31867401
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_473_18
pii: JEHP-8-237
pmc: PMC6905282
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

237

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Education and Health Promotion.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Marzieh Feizi (M)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Science Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Zahra Kamali (Z)

Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran.

Mahboobe Gholami (M)

Department of Midwifery, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran.

Bahram Ali Ghanbari Hashem Abadi (BAGH)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, and Education Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Soheila Moeini (S)

Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur Branch, Neyshabur, Iran.

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