Document Type : Research Article
Authors
1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Assisstant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
Introduction
Among the dimensions of psychiatric pathology, anxiety is considered as one of the most common psychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of reality-therapy on social adjustment, psychological well-being and self-criticism among people with generalized anxiety disorder.
Method
The methodology of this research is a pre-test-post-test with control group one. The statistical population included all people with anxiety disorder, who referred to Ahvaz psychological treatment clinics in 2017. A sample of 40 people were selected using a targeted sampling method from the population, and were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The average age of participants in the Reality Therapy group was 40.51 years and in the control group was 40.38 years. The inclusion criteria for entering the study was confirmation of generalized anxiety by using Beck test. Exclusion criteria was also not having consent to participate by subjects in any of research stages, or having a disorder other than anxiety, which is was asked as self-report and in the form of a general question of the subjects.
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