Comparing the Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Treatment with Anger Management on the Identity Crisis of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

One of the disabling disorders of the central nervous system is multiple sclerosis. Chronic illness, lack of definitive treatment, and involvement of young patients lead to psychological disorders and identity crises. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of behavioral activation group training and anger management group cognitive-behavioral training on identity crisis in patients with multiple sclerosis. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. From the statistical population of which all female patients with multiple sclerosis who were members of Karaj Emam Association, ۴۵ were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into three groups of ۱۵ each. Experimental group ۱ received ۱۰ sessions of behavioral activation training and experimental group ۲ received anger management training in ۸ sessions of ۹۰ minutes and the control group received no intervention. The research tool was Identity Crisis Questionnaire. The identity crisis questionnaire was administered in two stages of pre-test and post-test to collect data on each subject group. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that group training of behavioral activation and group training of anger management with cognitive-behavioral approach resulted in reduction of identity crisis in MS patients (p <۰.۰۵). Regarding the effectiveness of the training provided, it can be said that teaching these skills to the patients can be effective in reducing many of their problems and their use in promoting health and creating a positive attitude in Patients' lives are essential.

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Behavioral Activation , Anger Management , Identity Crisis , MS. , فعال سازی رفتاری , مدیریت خشم , بحران هویت , ام اس