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

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. 

Emotion-Focused Ttherapy, Anxiety, Depression, Family Characteristics, درمان هیجان مدار, اضطراب, افسردگی, خصوصیات خانوادگی