Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of online existential psychotherapy on attitudes toward life and death-related Perplexities in in Recovered Patients of COVID-19.  The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control groups. The statistical...

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Main Authors: sara Alizadeh, Somayyeh Taklavi, Majid Mahmoud Alilou
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Published: University of Isfahan 2021-08-01
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Online Access:https://cbs.ui.ac.ir/article_26524_84e4136c651debc530dec527296a216e.pdf
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author sara Alizadeh
Somayyeh Taklavi
Majid Mahmoud Alilou
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description The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of online existential psychotherapy on attitudes toward life and death-related Perplexities in in Recovered Patients of COVID-19.  The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control groups. The statistical population in this study included all recovered patients of COVID-19 in 2020 in Urmia, Iran. A sample of 30 people was selected by convenience sampling method and placed in experimental and control groups (N = 15 each). The experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of online existential group psychotherapy, whereas the control group received no intervention. The Life Attitude questionnaire (Reker, 1992), Death Depression Scale (Templer et al., 1990) and Death Obsession Scale (Abdel-Khalek, 1998) were used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed using single-factor analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of this study showed that the mean of life attitude score in the experimental group significantly was increased after the existential psychotherapy intervention in comparison with the control group (P< 0/001) and the mean of death depression and death obsession were decreased (P< 0/001). Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that existential psychotherapy can improve attitudes toward life and reduce the degree of perplexities related to death in recovered patients of Covid 19.
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spelling doaj.art-10954bcd62e847c29408b37d8855bfbb2022-12-22T00:19:20ZfasUniversity of Isfahanپژوهش‌های علوم شناختی و رفتاری2251-76422345-35242021-08-0111114516210.22108/cbs.2022.131152.158726524Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19sara Alizadeh0Somayyeh Taklavi1Majid Mahmoud Alilou2Ph.D Student of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ardabil branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of online existential psychotherapy on attitudes toward life and death-related Perplexities in in Recovered Patients of COVID-19.  The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control groups. The statistical population in this study included all recovered patients of COVID-19 in 2020 in Urmia, Iran. A sample of 30 people was selected by convenience sampling method and placed in experimental and control groups (N = 15 each). The experimental group received ten 90-minute sessions of online existential group psychotherapy, whereas the control group received no intervention. The Life Attitude questionnaire (Reker, 1992), Death Depression Scale (Templer et al., 1990) and Death Obsession Scale (Abdel-Khalek, 1998) were used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed using single-factor analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results of this study showed that the mean of life attitude score in the experimental group significantly was increased after the existential psychotherapy intervention in comparison with the control group (P< 0/001) and the mean of death depression and death obsession were decreased (P< 0/001). Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that existential psychotherapy can improve attitudes toward life and reduce the degree of perplexities related to death in recovered patients of Covid 19.https://cbs.ui.ac.ir/article_26524_84e4136c651debc530dec527296a216e.pdfattitudes toward lifeperplexities related to death (death depression and death obsession)existential therapyrecovered patients of covid-19
spellingShingle sara Alizadeh
Somayyeh Taklavi
Majid Mahmoud Alilou
Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19
پژوهش‌های علوم شناختی و رفتاری
attitudes toward life
perplexities related to death (death depression and death obsession)
existential therapy
recovered patients of covid-19
title Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19
title_full Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19
title_fullStr Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19
title_short Effectiveness of Online Existential Therapy on Attitude toward Life and Perplexities related to Death in Recovered Patients of Covid-19
title_sort effectiveness of online existential therapy on attitude toward life and perplexities related to death in recovered patients of covid 19
topic attitudes toward life
perplexities related to death (death depression and death obsession)
existential therapy
recovered patients of covid-19
url https://cbs.ui.ac.ir/article_26524_84e4136c651debc530dec527296a216e.pdf
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