Farahzad Abbasian1, Arash Najimi2, Sayyed Davood Meftagh3, Gholamreza Ghasemi4, Hamid Afshar4. 1. Departments of Humanitarian and Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Political-Law Researches, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan, Iran. 2. Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan, Iran. 3. Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Isfahan, Iran. 4. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of stress management training through cognitive-behavioral techniques on stress, social adaptability and depression in women with depression disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, 40 patients diagnosed with depression who had referred to psychiatry and consultation clinics of Isfahan were randomly selected and assigned to intervention and control groups (20 patients in each group). The intervention group received eight 90-min sessions of stress training through cognitive-behavioral techniques. Data collection tools included Cooper's stress questionnaire, Bell's social adaptability questionnaire and Hamilton's depression scale questionnaire. The participants completed the questionnaires before the intervention and 1 month after the same. Data analysis was performed using covariance analysis. RESULTS: Based on the results, considering variables of stress, social adaptability and depression, the equal variance hypothesis was confirmed. The relationship between pre- and post-test scores on stress, social adaptability and depression was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The modified mean difference was F = 12.45, P < 0.001 on stress; F = 6.88, P < 0.01 on social adaptability; and F = 5.36, P < 0.02 on depression, all of which were significant. CONCLUSION:Stress management training through cognitive behavioral techniques can play a main role in depression reduction and development of social adaptability through modifying inappropriate social information-processing patterns.
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BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of stress management training through cognitive-behavioral techniques on stress, social adaptability and depression in women with depression disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, 40 patients diagnosed with depression who had referred to psychiatry and consultation clinics of Isfahan were randomly selected and assigned to intervention and control groups (20 patients in each group). The intervention group received eight 90-min sessions of stress training through cognitive-behavioral techniques. Data collection tools included Cooper's stress questionnaire, Bell's social adaptability questionnaire and Hamilton's depression scale questionnaire. The participants completed the questionnaires before the intervention and 1 month after the same. Data analysis was performed using covariance analysis. RESULTS: Based on the results, considering variables of stress, social adaptability and depression, the equal variance hypothesis was confirmed. The relationship between pre- and post-test scores on stress, social adaptability and depression was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The modified mean difference was F = 12.45, P < 0.001 on stress; F = 6.88, P < 0.01 on social adaptability; and F = 5.36, P < 0.02 on depression, all of which were significant. CONCLUSION: Stress management training through cognitive behavioral techniques can play a main role in depression reduction and development of social adaptability through modifying inappropriate social information-processing patterns.
Authors: M H Antoni; J M Lehman; K M Kilbourn; A E Boyers; J L Culver; S M Alferi; S E Yount; B A McGregor; P L Arena; S D Harris; A A Price; C S Carver Journal: Health Psychol Date: 2001-01 Impact factor: 4.267
Authors: M B Keller; J P McCullough; D N Klein; B Arnow; D L Dunner; A J Gelenberg; J C Markowitz; C B Nemeroff; J M Russell; M E Thase; M H Trivedi; J Zajecka Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2000-05-18 Impact factor: 91.245