The Effectiveness of Psychological Well-being Training on Negative Automatic Thoughts and Resilience of Female Adolescents with Rumination in Tehran

Background: While there is a strong link between rumination and internalizing psychopathology over the lifespan, the development of rumination is not well understood. This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of psychological well-being training on negative automatic thoughts and resilience of female adolescents with rumination in Tehran. Methods: The present study followed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study population was all female adolescents with rumination in District ۶, Tehran, Iran in ۲۰۱۸-۲۰۱۹. Sample of the study included ۳۰ adolescent girls with rumination, referred to counseling centers and psychological services in Tehran. They were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental (n = ۱۵) and control (n = ۱۵) groups. The experimental group received psychological well-being interventions (۱۰ one-hour training sessions, one session per week). Then, female adolescents with rumination in both groups underwent a posttest. The instruments used included the Negative Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ-N, Ingram et al. ۱۹۹۵), and the Resilience Questionnaire (Connor and Davidson, ۲۰۰۳). The data were analyzed by SPSS software version ۲۳. Results: The results showed that ۶.۶% in the experimental group and ۱۱.۱۱% in the control group were ۱۴ years old. Moreover, psychological well-being training was significantly effective in negative automatic thoughts (F= ۵۰.۸۹, P=۰.۰۰۱), and resilience (F= ۱.۲۴, P=۰.۰۰۱) of adolescents with rumination (p>۰.۰۵). Conclusion: The ۱۰-session Psychological well-being training was effective on negative automatic thoughts and resilience of adolescents with rumination in Tehran.

Keywords:

negative automatic thoughts , Rumination , Resilience , Psychological well-being