The Effectiveness of Narrative Therapy on Anxiety and Tolerance of People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine effect of narrative therapy on anxiety and tolerance of people with generalized anxiety disorder in Tehran in 2019.Methods: The method is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group and 2-month follow-up period. The samples were selected by simple sampling method (30 patients) and randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (narrative group 15 patients) and a control group (15 patients). Data were collected using three questionnaires of Anxiety Disorder" href="https://civilica.com/search/paper/k-Generalized%20Anxiety%20Disorder/">Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire of Spitzer et al, Anxiety Questionnaire of Beck et al and Tolerance Questionnaire of Conner & Davidson and analyzed by one-way analysis of variance and SPSS.Results: The results from variance analysis demonstrated that narrative therapy has a meaningful effect on anxiety and tolerance of people with generalized anxiety disorder.Conclusion: in order to increase the level of tolerance and reduce the level of anxiety in people with generalized anxiety disorder should be paid more attention to narrative therapy education.

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Effectiveness , Generalized Anxiety Disorder , Narrative Therapy , Anxiety , Tolerance