The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of painting therapy on increasing meaning in life and mental health in female students with low academic achievement. The present semi experimental study included pre-test, post-test with the control group design. The statistical populat...

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Main Authors: Hasan Ali Veiskarami, Leila Mansouri, Somayeh Roshanniya
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2017-12-01
Series:Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī
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Online Access:https://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_8212_fcb4da7dec3e0d54e5b064fe22ec4f2d.pdf
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description The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of painting therapy on increasing meaning in life and mental health in female students with low academic achievement. The present semi experimental study included pre-test, post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female second grade students of guidance schools in Khoramabad city in the academic year of 2015-2016. Then 30 people with low academic achevement were selected through random multi stage cluster sampling and were assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. The instruments used in this study were meaning in life (Steger & etal, 2006) and mental health questionnaires (Goldberg, 1972). The experimental group received painting therapy for eight 60-minutes sessions, two sessions in a week lasting for one month. Analysis of the data was done using descriptive (average & standard deviation) and inferential (multiple covariance analysis) tests. Experimental group showed significant increase in mening in life and mental health after being trained. Based on the result we can say that painting therapy is an important method in improving meaning in life and mental gealth of students with low academic achievement.
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spelling doaj.art-a23e17f114be471a8f829ae4b5d3f3652023-12-24T07:28:33ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī2345-60512476-61782017-12-01832396210.22054/qccpc.2018.26149.16428212The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic AchievementHasan Ali Veiskarami0Leila Mansouri1Somayeh Roshanniya2Lorestan University, Khoramabad, IranPsychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran (Corresponding Author)M.A in Educational Psychology, Lorestan UniversityThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of painting therapy on increasing meaning in life and mental health in female students with low academic achievement. The present semi experimental study included pre-test, post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female second grade students of guidance schools in Khoramabad city in the academic year of 2015-2016. Then 30 people with low academic achevement were selected through random multi stage cluster sampling and were assigned randomly to experimental and control groups. The instruments used in this study were meaning in life (Steger & etal, 2006) and mental health questionnaires (Goldberg, 1972). The experimental group received painting therapy for eight 60-minutes sessions, two sessions in a week lasting for one month. Analysis of the data was done using descriptive (average & standard deviation) and inferential (multiple covariance analysis) tests. Experimental group showed significant increase in mening in life and mental health after being trained. Based on the result we can say that painting therapy is an important method in improving meaning in life and mental gealth of students with low academic achievement.https://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_8212_fcb4da7dec3e0d54e5b064fe22ec4f2d.pdfpainting therapymeaning in lifemental healthacademic achievement
spellingShingle Hasan Ali Veiskarami
Leila Mansouri
Somayeh Roshanniya
The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement
Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī
painting therapy
meaning in life
mental health
academic achievement
title The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement
title_full The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement
title_fullStr The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement
title_full_unstemmed The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement
title_short The Effectiveness of Painting Therapy on Meaning in Life and Mental Health in Female Student with Low Academic Achievement
title_sort effectiveness of painting therapy on meaning in life and mental health in female student with low academic achievement
topic painting therapy
meaning in life
mental health
academic achievement
url https://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_8212_fcb4da7dec3e0d54e5b064fe22ec4f2d.pdf
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