Effectiveness of Identity-based Psychodrama Educational-therapeutic Program on Identity Styles and Neuroticism

Background: Neuroticism is one of the serious mental health problems of people. No study has been conducted on the impact of identity issues in the treatment of neurotic people. Objectives: This study aims to formulate, design, and investigate the effect of identity-based psychodrama educational program on identity styles and neuroticism. Materials & Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test design using a control group. The study participants were ۴۰ people aged ۱۵-۳۰ years referred to Pendare Nik Counseling Center in Najafabad City, Isfahan Province, Iran, in ۲۰۲۰. They were selected using a convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into the intervention (n=۲۰) and control (n=۲۰) groups. The data collection instruments were Berzonsky Identity Style Inventory (۱۹۹۲) and McCrae and Costa ۵-factor inventory (۱۹۹۲). A Researcher-made Identity-Based Psychodrama Program (۲۰۲۰) was used for the intervention. The collected data were analyzed using ANCOVA in SPSS v. ۲۳. Results: The educational-therapeutic program significantly affected identity styles and neuroticism (P<۰.۰۰۱). It significantly reduced the neuroticism level of people in the intervention group (F=۲۰۰.۷۱, η۲=۰.۸۴). Conclusion: The identity-based psychodrama program reduced diffuse-avoidant, normative, and informational identity styles and neuroticism and promoted the achieved identity style.

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Neuroticism , Psychodrama , Therapeutics