S. Jabalameli; H. T. Neshat Doost; M. Bagher kajbaf; H. Molavi
Volume 21, Issue 2 , December 2014, , Pages 1-18
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Islamic psychotherapy on Quality of Life (QOL) and anxiety in persons with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).The design of this research was with pretest, and posttest thirty participants control group design with GAD were selected randomly ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of Islamic psychotherapy on Quality of Life (QOL) and anxiety in persons with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).The design of this research was with pretest, and posttest thirty participants control group design with GAD were selected randomly and then assigned into an experimental (n=15) and a control (n=15) group, randomly. The experimental group received the Islamic psychotherapy in 8 sessions. For collecting data the demographic questionnaire, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were completed by all participants at pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed in SPSS15 using MANOVA. The results showed that the mean scores of QOL in experimental group have been increased significantly than control group at posttest (P<0.05) and the mean scores of anxiety in experimental group have been decreased significantly than control group at posttest (P<0.05). According to the results of this research the Islamic psychotherapy is effective for improving quality of life and decreasing anxiety in perticipants with GAD.
M. Ghiasi; M. Molavi; H. Neshatdost; M. Salavati
Volume 18, Issue 1 , June 2011, , Pages 93-118
Abstract
This research was performed in order to investigate the factor structure of Young Schema Questionnaire-S3 (YSQ-S3) in two groups of clinical and non-clinical samples. The participants consisted of 470 individuals (165 male and 305 female) who were not referred to clinics offering psychological and psychiatry ...
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This research was performed in order to investigate the factor structure of Young Schema Questionnaire-S3 (YSQ-S3) in two groups of clinical and non-clinical samples. The participants consisted of 470 individuals (165 male and 305 female) who were not referred to clinics offering psychological and psychiatry services, and also 82 individuals (37 male and 45 female) who were referred to clinics for psychological and psychiatry services, but have not received any psychotherapy since last two years, who were selected accessible sampling. All subjects completed Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ- S3) and Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS). The data was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis, discriminate analysis, and Pearson correlation coefficient test. By performing factor analysis in non-clinical group, 12 factors were found, of which three factors corresponded fully with Young's 18 factors. For extracted factors, Cronbach's alpha was 0.94, specificity was from 0.57- 0.73 and the sensitivity was from 51.20 to 64.60. The concurrent validity coefficient was 0.64 between Dysfunctional Attitude Scale and extracted factors of YSQ-S3. The cut-off points were determined for screening too.
