P. Ganjeh; M. Mehrabizadeh Honarmand; I. Davoudi; Y. Zargar
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral intervention on the quality of life and self-efficacy in 10-15 year old boys with Asthma symptoms in the city of Ahvaz. The sample was selected using convenience sampling. In order to confirm Asthma symptoms, the participants ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral intervention on the quality of life and self-efficacy in 10-15 year old boys with Asthma symptoms in the city of Ahvaz. The sample was selected using convenience sampling. In order to confirm Asthma symptoms, the participants completed the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire (ISAAC). 12 children with asthma symptoms were randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control group). All the participants completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire Asthma module and the Children and Adolescence Self-efficacy Scale in the posttest and follow up stages. The experimental group received 10 sessions of intervention. The data were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney U test using SPSS. The results showed significant improvement in the quality of life and self-efficacy of the experimental group compared with the control group. But there weren't any significant difference between the two groups for the asthma symptoms component. The findings suggest that cognitive-behavioral intervention can be used as a well-established psychotherapy procedure and supplement to medical treatment for children and adolescents with asthma symptoms to reduce asthma complications.
N. Darvishi; S. Bassak Nejad; I. Davoudi; Y. Zargar
Volume 19, Issue 2 , December 2012, , Pages 119-136
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The purpose of the current study was investigating the effects of Multi-component cognitive-behavioral group-therapy on insomnia, sleep self-efficacy, dysfunctional beliefs about sleep and four sleep parameters. The population was day-work personnel of Aghajari Oil and Gas Production Company. The sample ...
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The purpose of the current study was investigating the effects of Multi-component cognitive-behavioral group-therapy on insomnia, sleep self-efficacy, dysfunctional beliefs about sleep and four sleep parameters. The population was day-work personnel of Aghajari Oil and Gas Production Company. The sample consisted of 45 employees with insomnia who were selected by multistage random sampling method and assigned to experimental, placebo and waiting list groups. They completed Athens Insomnia Scale, Sleep Log, Perceived Sleep Self-efficacy Scale and Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep. The experimental group received 6 sessions of group therapy. The two control groups received no intervention but placebo group was asked to bring their filled sleep log to six meeting sessions for review. The results of MANCOVA and Benferoni post hoc showed that there were significant reductions on insomnia, dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, total time in bed, sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset. Significant increases were observed on sleep self-efficacy and total sleep time of experimental group, in comparison to two control groups in post-test and follow-up. There were no significant differences between the groups in terms of total time in bed at follow up. No significant differences were found between the two control groups.
S. Bassak Nejad; A. Aghajani Afjadi; Y. Zargar
Volume 18, Issue 2 , December 2011, , Pages 181-198
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy based on mindfulness on sleep quality and life quality in female university students. The study was an experimental method (with control group design). Participants were selected by using accessable sampling ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy based on mindfulness on sleep quality and life quality in female university students. The study was an experimental method (with control group design). Participants were selected by using accessable sampling method, and were then randomly divided into control and experimental groups. Each group had 15 participants. The Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index and WHO Life Quality Questionnaire were used as pre-test for both groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of cognitive group therapy based on mindfulness. The results of statistical analysis of MONCOVA showed that cognitive group therapy based on mindfulness significantly increased the sleep quality but did not increase the life quality, during this short session of therapy. These results supported the main hypothesis that cognitive group therapy based on mindfulness would significantly increase the sleep quality.
