چکیده:
Objectives: The main objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of narrative therapy and group counseling on depression and loneliness among elderly women. Methods: This is a quasi experimental research method using post-test design with a control group. 24 women were selected from all the elderly women referring to Iranian Alzheimer’s Association in 2012 through randomized sampling method and have been assigned to experiment and control groups. The tools for assessing depression and loneliness were the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Loneliness questionnaire. The experiment group had eight 90 -minute sessions of group counseling narrative therapy which took place once a week. The collected data have been statically analyzed using independent t -test in SSPS-19. Results: The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the experiment and control group and it can be argued that employing narrative therapy group counseling was influential in reducing depression and loneliness (P<0.01). Discussion: The effect of group counseling narrative therapy on reducing depression and loneliness of elderly women has been confirmed by the results of this study. Based on the findings, conducting narrative therapy group counseling is strongly recommended in health care organizations for the elderly people.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 12, No. 20, June 2014 Original Article The Effect of Group Counseling "Narrative Therapy" to reduce Depression and Loneliness among older women1 Anvar Dastbaaz; Seyyed-Hadi Yeganehfarzand; Manoochehr Azkhosh, PhD.
*; Fatemeh Shoaee University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran Masoumeh Salehi Iranian Alzheimer‟s Association, Tehran, Iran Objectives: The main objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of narrative therapy and group counseling on depression and loneliness among elderly women.
Results: The findings showed that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the experiment and control group and it can be argued that employing narrative therapy group counseling was influential in reducing depression and loneliness (P<0.
Discussion: The effect of group counseling narrative therapy on reducing depression and loneliness of elderly women has been confirmed by the results of this study.
Keywords: narrative therapy, group counseling, depression, loneliness, elderly Submitted: 18 January 2014 Accepted: 08 March 2014 Introduction There are so many changes in the human‘s life due to aging and approaching to the geriatric phase that include most importantly of loss, loneliness and social isolation, poverty, feeling of rejection, trying to find the meaning of life, dependence, despair and hopelessness, fear of death and dying, grieving the death of the others, regretting the past and concerns about deterioration of mind and body.
The main objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of narrative therapy group counseling on depression and loneliness among elderly women.