Self-Control Group Therapy of Depression

1983 ◽  
pp. 67-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. O’Hara ◽  
Lynn P. Rehm
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Group

A Comparative Study of the Effect of Group Reality Therapy Training and Group Cognitive-Behavioral Training on Empathy and Self-Control and Marital Satisfaction of Women with Marital Conflict

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Fallah Berejestanaki ◽  
Hayede Saberi ◽  
Arezoo Shomali Oskooei
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Reality Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behavioral Training ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of reality therapy and cognitive-behavioral training on empathy and self-control of women with marital conflicts. Methods: The design of the present study was a quasi-experimental with pre/post-test and follow-up, and included a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women with conflict with their husbands who referred to counseling centers in 7th district of Tehran in 2020. Among them, 60 people were selected by purposeful sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental groups and a control group (twenty individuals in each group). Initially, all three groups underwent a pre-test, followed by 8 sessions of reality therapy for the first experimental group (Glasser, 2012) and 8 sessions of cognitive-behavioral training (Free, 1999) for the second experimental group. At the end, post-test was performed for all three groups and after three months, a follow-up test was performed to confirm the results. Data collection tools included the Sanai and Barati Marital Conflict Questionnaire, the Julif and Farrington Empathy Questionnaire, and the self-control Questionnaire of Tanji et al. Findings: The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that both reality group therapy and cognitive-behavioral training had a significant effect on empathy and self-control of women with marital conflict (P<0.01). cognitive-behavioral training has been more effective on self-control than reality group therapy. However, reality group therapy has been more effective on empathy than cognitive-behavioral training. Conclusion: Due to the effectiveness of both methods on research variables, the use of these trainings by psychologists and counselors in the psychological education program for people with marital conflict is recommended. Also, due to the greater impact of each training on one variable, it is suggested that paired training programs be adjusted based on these findings.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of group counseling based on problem-solving on aggression and social adjustment in hearing-impaired students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdiyeh Azizi ◽  
Mohsen Saeidmanesh ◽  
Fateme Kazemi ◽  
Vahide Radaie
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Group Counseling ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Yazd City ◽  
Hearing Impaired Students

Background and Aim: One of the common behavioral disorders of hearing-impaired child­ren is aggressive behavior, which can affect soc­ial adjustment in their adolescence. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of group counseling based on problem-solving on aggression and social adjustment of hearing-impaired students. Methods: This study is quasi-experimental with pretest posttest design and a control group. The study population was all adolescents with hear­ing impairment referred to Yazd Speech The­rapy Centers, Yazd City, Iran. A total of 30 stu­dents were selected from the referred hearing-impaired students with high aggression and low social adjustment. Then they were randomly assigned into control (n = 15) and experimental (n = 15) groups. The study instruments were the California social behavior and Buss and Perry aggression inventory. The group couns­eling based on problem-solving intervention consisted of 7 one-hour sessions, presented for the experimental group. We analyzed the obtai­ned data by repeated measures analysis of cova­riance. Results: Group therapy based on problem-solving can reduce aggression (p < 0.001) and increase social adjustment (p = 0.04). Conclusion: The professionals in this field are recommended to use group therapy based on problem-solving.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy and Music Therapy onReducing Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among a Sample of Refugee Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Jalal K. Damrah
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Group ◽  
And Control ◽  
Group Cbt

The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of a Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBT) and Music Therapy (MT) on reducing Posttraumatic Stress (PTS) symptoms among a sample of refugee children. The sample consisted of 48 Syrian refugee children 10 to 12 years of age. They were distributed into 4 different groups (MT group, CBT group, MT/CBT group and control group). The children PTS Inventory was used to assess the children's PTS symptoms which contains 30 items, located into 4 different dimensions (re-experiencing the traumatic event, avoidance, hyper arousal and other psychological symptoms). The findings revealed that the MT/CBT group was more effective in reducing the PTS symptoms than the other treatment groups and control group. CBT and MT treatments were found effective in reducing the re-experience, avoidance and other psychological symptoms compared with the control group. In addition the results indicated that implementing MT alone was not effective to reduce the hyper arousal symptoms. 

Training Correctional Volunteers for Group Discussions

1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stephen Wormith
Keyword(s):  
Counselor Training ◽  
Differential Reinforcement ◽  
Complex Function ◽  
Control Program ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Volunteer Training ◽  
Delayed Treatment

Sixty-three volunteers were assigned to one of four different institutional programs with fifty incarcerated correctional offenders (trained discussion, untrained discussion, a self-control program and recreation activity) or a delayed-treatment control group. Volunteers were rated on interpersonal skills and discussions were monitored. An attitude-personality test battery was administered in a pre-post design. Participant evaluations were found to be a complex function of the amount and kind of volunteer training, the type of program, the personality of the volunteer, and the personality of the client. Trained discussion group volunteers self-reported more tension, and less flexibility than untrained volunteers although the residents did not describe them as such. Volunteers in the self-control program reported more tension and less flexibility, approachability, and influence relative to the recreation volunteers. Residents rated the self-control volunteers higher in tension but also more approachable and more concrete. Residents expressed a greater appreciation of the noncriminally oriented volunteers. Training had a positive effect on the differential reinforcement of residents' pro- and antisocial statements. All program group volunteers increased on identification with criminal others as a function of their exposure to offenders. Recreation group volunteers also increased on empathy. Implications for volunteer and correctional counselor training are reviewed.

Imparting Self Control Skills for Reducing Aggression among Adolescence

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
T. Ronen
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Learned Resourcefulness ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Control Intervention ◽  
Children's Coping ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

The lecture describes a school-based aggression reduction learning intervention. The intervention program aimed to impart children with learned resourcefulness repertoire for reducing aggressive behavior. Based on the self-control intervention model developed by Ronen and Rosenbaum (2001), and in light of positive psychology theory the intervention focused on increasing children's coping, teach them to work toward positive goals such as increasing social relationships, and help themselves change.447 ninth grade students participated in this study. 167 students participated in the intervention groups and 280 students from the same schools who received no intervention and served as a control group.The outcomes point to the efficacy of the model in reducing aggression. The rate of aggression in the intervention group decreased significantly in compare with their base-line grade and in compare with the control group. Also hostile thought and negative emotion did not change - the child could control those and not behave in an aggressive way. Analysis showed that the changed in reducing aggression results from the increase in self-control skills.

Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Effects of Reminiscence Group Therapy on Demented Elderly

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Norman Goldwasser ◽  
Stephen M. Auerbach ◽  
Stephen W. Harkins
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Functioning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Reminiscence Therapy ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
And Control ◽  
Treatment Control Group

Twenty-seven demented elderly nursing home residents were given either reminiscence group therapy or supportive group therapy or were assigned to a no-treatment control group. The self-reported level of depression in participants given reminiscence therapy was positively affected compared to participants in the supportive therapy and control groups, but no significant effects were found for cognitive or behavioral functioning. Results are discussed in terms of the issue of the applicability of reminiscence therapy for cognitively impaired persons, the appropriateness of the measures used in this study to assess depression, cognitive ability and behavioral functioning, and in conjunction with clinical observations made during the process of therapy.

THE LONG-TIME EFFECTS OF GROUP THERAPY INTERVENTION ON MARRIAGE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FLUENT AND NON-FLUENT APHASIC PATIENTS AND THEIR SPOUSES: WHO BENEFITS THE MOST?

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-241
Author(s):  
Edyta Orłowska ◽  
Anna Rasmus ◽  
Jolanta Góral-Półrola ◽  
Rafał Morga ◽  
Maria Pąchalska
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Neuropsychological Battery ◽  
Time Effects ◽  
Initial Cohort ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
Fluent Aphasia ◽  
Therapy Intervention

Our study aims to assess the long-time effects of group therapy intervention on marriage communication between fluent and non-fluent aphasic patients and their spouses. From the initial cohort of 150 couples four experimental groups have been selected, each comprising 20 subjects: (1) patients with fluent aphasia (FAP) (2) patients with fluent aphasia spouses (FAPS) (3) patients with non-fluent aphasia (NFAP) (4) patients with non-fluent aphasia spouses (NFAPS). All aphasic patients had mild or moderate fluent or nonfluent aphasia, as confirmed by the Cracow Neuropsychological Battery for Aphasia Examination – CNBA (Pąchalska, 1999). To assess the 3 aspects of interactions between spouses: support, engagement and depreciation we use the Communication in Marriage Questionnaire – KKM scores (Kaźmierczak, Plopa, 2008). These patients attended the groups sessions administered according to Pąchalska’s Model of Aphasia Group Therapy (1991a; 1991b) . It was found that after the long-time group intervention the experimental and the control groups of aphasic patients as well as their spouses differ one from another. NFAP as well as FAP therapy patients had higher KKM scores in the support received from their spouses and their spouses engagement in communication and lower scores in depreciation in their spouses’ behavior than did the controls. Also NFAPS evaluated support and engagement expressed by their aphasic partner higher than the control group. However FAPS and the control group KKM scores were quite similar, except for the support expressed by their aphasic partner. Long-time group therapy for patients with aphasia with the presence of caregivers not only improves the communication with significant others but also it is associated with better marital interactions and communication after therapy as reflected in the KKM scores than in the case of the controls, and improves the patient’s and caregivers’ perception of quality of life.

Improving Self-Control Through Financial Counseling: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Tumataroa ◽  
David O'Hare
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Cognitive Capacity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Counseling Intervention ◽  
Financial Counseling ◽  
Cognitive Benefits

The efficacy of family budgeting programs is often measured purely in terms of financial outcomes. There has been less research on its potential impacts on cognitive outcomes. The present study investigated whether an existing financial counseling intervention could help people improve their deliberative cognitive capacity. A community sample of participants in Auckland, New Zealand who identified that they wanted to better manage their money were randomly assigned to a month-long financial counseling intervention or a wait-list control group. Results showed that participants exposed to the intervention had a greater improvement in self-control than participants in the control group, and that self-control improved more for people with a low income than a high income. Financial counseling interventions may impart broader cognitive benefits that help people escape further financial hardship.

A Multi-Session Attribution Modification Program for Children with Aggressive Behaviour: Changes in Attributions, Emotional Reaction Estimates, and Self-Reported Aggression

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 538-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanos P. Vassilopoulos ◽  
Andreas Brouzos ◽  
Eleni Andreou
Keyword(s):  
Attributional Style ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Emotional Reaction ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Behaviour Changes ◽  
Aggressive Children ◽  
Bias Modification ◽  
Hostile Attributions

Background: Research suggests that aggressive children are prone to over-attribute hostile intentions to peers. Aims: The current study investigated whether this attributional style can be altered using a Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretations (CBM-I) procedure. Method: A sample of 10–12-year-olds selected for displaying aggressive behaviours was trained over three sessions to endorse benign rather than hostile attributions in response to ambiguous social scenarios. Results: Compared to a test-retest control group (n = 18), children receiving CBM-I (n = 16) were less likely to endorse hostile attributions and more likely to endorse benign attributions in response to a new set of ambiguous social situations. Furthermore, aggressive behaviour scores reduced more in the trained group than in the untrained controls. Children who received attribution training also reported less perceived anger and showed a trend to report more self-control than those in the control group. Conclusions: Implications of these findings are discussed.

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