Abstract:
Introduction: Aggression and Alexithymia are both the most serious and worrying behaviors in adolescence. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of short-term psychotherapy based on religious-oriented self-control education on the control of alexithymia and aggression in high school male students in Shabastar city. Methodology: The present study is a semi-experimental, pre-test, post-test with control group and experimental group. The statistical population of this study includes all students of high schools in Shabestar city. Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ-29/4) and Farsi Toronto Alexithymia Scale Questionnaire (FTAS-20) were administered to some of the students through available sampling method. After identifying students with high emotional aggression and agility, 24 were selected and 12 subjects were assigned randomly in the experimental group and 12 others in the control group. The experimental group was subjected to short-term psychotherapy based on religious orientation self-management for 10 sessions. Then, the two groups were subjected to post-test. Results: Data were analyzed using MANOVA and COVARIANCE analysis and the results of this study showed that short-term psychotherapy based on religious-oriented self-control education on inhibiting aggression and Alexithymia of high school students in Shabestar was effective. As a result, it can be concluded: that short-term psychotherapy based on self-control education with religious orientation inhibits students' aggression and emotional disturbances.
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Investigating the effectiveness of short-term psychotherapy based on self-regulation training with religious orientation on controlling aggression and alexithymia in secondary school students of Shabestar county Parviz Karimi Sani Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran Nosrat Samei Master of Counseling, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran Abstract Aggression and alexithymia are among the very serious and concerning behavioral problems in adolescence.
The aim of the present research is to investigate the effectiveness of short-term psychotherapy based on self-regulation training with religious orientation on controlling aggression and alexithymia in male secondary school students of Shabestar county.
Findings: Data were analyzed using MANOVA and analysis of covariance, and the results of the research showed that short-term psychotherapy based on self-regulation training with religious orientation was effective in controlling aggression and alexithymia in secondary school students of Shabestar county.
Table 5- Results of one-way analysis of covariance, to examine short-term psychotherapy based on self-regulation training with religious orientation on controlling aggression in male students of Shabestar County Statistical Index Degree Sum of Squares Mean Square F Significance Level Sources of Variance of Freedom Pre-training 313/212 1 313/212 2/914 0/103 Main effect of groups 0/000 67/677 3093/948 1 3093/948 Aggression Error 21 960/038 Taking into account the results obtained in Table No. 5, (F=67677), (p=0000), and (df=1), since the obtained p is less than the alpha of 0/05, the null hypothesis is rejected and the research hypothesis is confirmed.