Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
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PhD student, Counseling Department, Faculty of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Unit, Tehran, Iran.
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Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
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PhD in Educational Psychology, Associate Professor of Measurement and Evaluation Department, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
10.30495/jpmm.2024.33024.3916
Abstract
Background and purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and narrative solutions on the social anxiety of male students. Materials and methods: was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental with with control group. Among the male students of the first secondary school in Lahijan city, 45 people were selected and placed in three groups of 15 people after screening and checking the entry and exit criteria. The experimental groups underwent cognitive-behavioral group therapy and narrative solutions in 10 sessions, and the control group did not receive training during this period. The measuring instrument of the research was Lajersa's (1999) social anxiety questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed using multivariate variance analysis. findings: the results of the pairwise comparisons showed the cognitive behavioral group difference with the control was significant in total social anxiety and all its components. it was also found that the narrative solutions had a significant difference to the control in total social anxiety and social avoidance and general sadness, it was also found that the cognitive-behavioral group had a more significant effect on total social anxiety and the component of fear of negative evaluation than the narrative solutions, and the differences were not significant in the other two components. cognitive-behavioral therapy and narrative solutions can improve the social anxiety of male students, cognitive-behavioral therapy has a stronger effect, so this therapy can be used to improve students exposed to this anxiety.
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