چکیده:
Objectives: According to the prevalence of psychological problems, especially depression
in people with visual impairment, this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of group
training of cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing depression in visually impaired male
students.
Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design, with pre-test and post-test and
control group. The study population included 30 students with visual impairment from high
school and pre-university levels. The subjects studied at the Martyr Mohebi School in Tehran
which is for visually impaired students. The subjects were selected by convenience sampling
method and were assigned randomly to experimental and control groups (15 subjects in each
group). The second version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II was used as pre-test
and post-test for both groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions (twice a week) of
cognitive behavioral therapy while the control group followed their daily routine.
Results: Data analysis was done using statistical software SPSS (version 21). ANCOVA test
was performed to examine differences between the two groups. The findings of this study
indicate that cognitive-behavioral therapy training was significantly effective in reducing
depressive symptoms of male students with visual impairment in the experimental group
(P<0.01).
Discussion: The findings demonstrated that cognitive behavioral therapy was significantly
effective in improving depression of male students with visual impairment in experimental
group. The group training needs to be adopted by medical practitioners on a cohort for
validating its effectiveness on a larger scale.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Research Paper: Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training in Reducing Depression in Visually Impaired Male Students Erfan Soleimani Sefat1, Seyyed Jalal Younesi1*, Asghar Dadkhah1, Mohammad Rostami1 1.
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training in Reducing Depression in Visually Impaired Male Students.
The findings of this study indicate that cognitive-behavioral therapy training was significantly effective in reducing depressive symptoms of male students with visual impairment in the experimental group (P<0.
Discussion: The findings demonstrated that cognitive behavioral therapy was significantly effective in improving depression of male students with visual impairment in experimental group.
But only a few researches conducted on visually impaired people have accredited the role of psychological interventions in re- ducing depression in this group.
Therefore, in this study, the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy in depression reduction is studied on male stu- dents with visual impairment.
4. Discussion This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the components of the cognitive behavioral group train- ing therapy in reducing depression symptoms in visually impaired male students who were exposed to the inde- pendent variable (CBT) over a two-month period for ten 90-minute sessions.
The findings of this study showed that CBT training played a crucial role in improving de- pression symptoms in male students with visual impair- ment in the experimental group.
Based on the study results, it can be concluded that CBT training reduces depression of male students with visual impairment.