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The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Social Phobia Based on Meta-Cognitive Variables Lak, Zahra; Golzari, Mahmoud; Borj'ali, Ahmad; Sedaghat, Ma'soumeh
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012
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The present research was carried out to determine the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on social phobia ofShahed university students with regard to meta-cognitive beliefs. Being a clinical study, the present research used as sample 30students of Shahed University suffering from social phobia. These students had received top scores on the SPIN social phobia test. Thesample participants were also evaluated using scales of social phobia (SPIN) and meta-cognitive (MCQ30). Being homogenized, theparticipants were divided into experiment and control groups. The experimental group was taught cognitive-behavioral therapy during 20sessions but control group was not included in any educational program. The obtained results were analyzed using descriptive statistics,correlation, and covariance analysis using SPSS. The experimental and control groups were found to be significantly different in terms ofsocial phobia in all three stages: prior therapy, after therapy and 6 weeks later. This implied that cognitive behavioral therapy waseffective in reducing social phobia. Findings indicated that there was a meaningful relationship between meta-cognitive beliefs and thecorresponding effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy.
The Effect of Communal Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Over Addiction Potential and Addiction Tendency of Students Suffering from Social Phobia Lak, Zahra; Sedaghat, Masoumeh; Ahmadvand, Zahra
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012
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The aim and background: This present research has been done in order to review the effectiveness of communal behaviouralcognitivetherapy over addiction potential and tendency of Shahed university students suffering from social phobia. The method ofresearch: This research is a study over clinical trial. The sample of research included 30 students of Shahed University who had got thehighest score according to social phobia test on SPIN and suffering from social phobia. Before entering into therapy, these studentsresponded to both addiction potential questionnaire (APS) and addiction acknowledgment questionnaire (AAS). After beinghomogenized, the samples divided into two groups of control and experimental. The experimental group placed under train ofbehavioural-cognitive therapy over 20 sessions and the control group did not place under any training program. The data collectioninstrument was self reporting which was analysed, using the descriptive statistics, the correlation coefficient, the covariance analysis andSPSS 19 software. Findings: There has been a significant different between addiction potential and addiction tendency while enteringinto research, after therapy and 6 weeks later, but from this view, no significant difference was observed in control group. It means thatbehavioural-cognitive therapy has effect on reduction of addiction potential and tendency.