The Impact of Emotion-focused Therapy on Anxiety and Depression among Female-Headed Households in Imam Khomeini Relief Committee

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Introduction: The female-headed householdsare the most vulnerable members of society and since this population statum experiences a degree of emotional distress, the common signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression, Emotion-focused therapy, an empirically supported, neo-humanistic approach that integrates and updates person-centered, Gestalt, and existential therapy with a focus on emotional processing processes, has received condiferable ecperimental support. Methods: the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of emotion-focused therapy on the anxiety and depression of female-headed households.  Results: The results indicated that the emotion-focused therapy was effective on anxiety and depression among female- headed households (P <۰.۰۰۱). It was also observed that emotion-focused therapy can be used to reduce anxiety and depression. Conclusion: research was carried out by adopting a semi-experimental method and was administered through a pre-test post-test control group design. The statistical population consisted of all female-headed households in Imam Khomeini Relief Committee of Yazd in ۲۰۱۶. Among women who agreed to participate in the study (ranging from ۲۵ to ۵۰ years old), a number of women who gained a high score in the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory were selected by convenient sampling method. Then, ۳۰ subjects were selected randomly and were assigned into two experimental groups (n=۱۵) and a control group (n=۱۵). This study employed instrument along with sociological information of subjects. The data were analyzed using covariance analysis. 

Authors

Marjan Khosravi Asl

روانشناسی بالینی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد یزد، یزد، ایران

Mansoureh Nasirian

محقق روانپزشکی گروه روانپزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید صدوقی یزد، ایران

Alireza Bakhshayesh

روانشناسی بالینی، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران