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Shefaye Khatam 2014, 2 - The Summer Supplement of Shefaye Khatam 1 -: 153-153 Back to browse issues page
P129: Effectiveness of Group Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Anxiety of Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Hafez Atapour , Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa *
Department of Psychology, East Azarbaijan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran. , dr.vafa.a@gmail.com
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The present study examined the effect of grouped meta-cognitive therapy on anxiety of patients' suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. This research is a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group in which two groups of experiment and control are used. The present study population includes all state universities, Islamic Azad Universities of Tabriz students and East Azarbaijan Science and Research Branch that referred to above mentioned consulting centers correspondent with 4th edition of diagnostic and statistical mental disorders suffering from generalized anxiety disorder help book criteria. From the above community 20 persons (10 persons experiment group and 10 persons control group), (10 male and 10 female) with the use of structured clinical interview for mental disorders (SCID-I/CV), generalized anxiety disorder scale (GADS) and Back's anxiety questionnaire (BA-21) were selected and accidentally replaced in two groups of experiment and control. Participants' age range is between 18 to 30 years old with the mean of 27.78 and 2.60 variance. Grouped meta-cognitive therapy was performed in 10, 120 min sessions during 2 months in experimental group and participants in control group have received no treatment. All participants completed research questionnaire before and after treatment and in 3 months follow-up period. The present study multivariate analysis of covariance demonstrated that grouped meta-cognitive therapy has significant effect on reducing patients' anxiety suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. The above mentioned results are maintained in follow-up period.
Keywords: Grouped Meta-Cognitive Therapy, Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Atapour H, Alivandi Vafa M. P129: Effectiveness of Group Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Anxiety of Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Shefaye Khatam 2014; 2 (S1) :153-153
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