In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology

Document Type : research

Author

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: Corona disease (COVID-19) is a contagious disease. This disease, with such a global spread, has caused many disorders in people. Among disorders caused by coronavirus, anxiety and depression are the most common ones. One of the ways to deal with depression and anxiety is positive thinking. Positive thinking is a positive way to focus the mind on something constructive, thus removing negative and destructive thoughts and emotions. Therefore, this research was conducted to reduce anxiety and depression and increase self-efficacy in students who have recovered from the coronavirus.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with a post-test-post-test-follow-up design with a control group, and the target population was students who had recovered from Corona. Of these, 40 people were purposefully selected as samples based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly divided into two groups of 20 people. To collect data from the beginning and before the training, Goldberg's depression questionnaire (1972), Spielberger's test anxiety questionnaire (1983), and Scherer and Mardox's self-efficacy questionnaire (1982) were used. Also, in this research, positive thinking training intervention was administered during 14 one-hour sessions. Covariance and correlation methods were used to analyze data. The correlation between the results of the experimental and control groups in the post-test and pre-test stages and the follow-up phase was obtained and compared with each other.
 Results: The results showed that positive thinking training affected self-efficacy (P=0.001), reduced depression (P=0.01), and decreased anxiety (P=0.01) of students who recovered from Coronavirus.                                                                                           
Conclusion: Teaching positive thinking skills has been effective and has increased self-efficacy, reduced anxiety, and reduced depression in patients who have recovered from Corona.

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Article Title [Persian]

اثربخشی آموزش مثبت‌اندیشی بر خودکارآمدی و کاهش افسردگی و اضطراب دانشجویان بهبودیافته کرونایی در شرایط کرونا

Author [Persian]

  • پروین میرزایی

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract [Persian]

مقدمه: بیماری کرونا (کووید-19) عنوان یک بیماری مسری است اکنون تمام سطوح زندگی انسانی را در برگرفته است. این بیماری با چنین گستردگی جهانی، اختلال های متعددی را در افراد ایجاد کرده است در واقع اختلال های ناشی از بیماری کرونا در بیشتر موارد اضطراب و استرس می باشند. یکی از روش های مقابله با افسردگی و اضطراب مثبت اندیشی می باشد. مثبت اندیشی شیوه یا تمرکز مثبت ذهن فرد بر روی چیزی سازنده و خوب است و بنابراین تفکرات و عواطف منفی یا مخرب را از آن حذف می کند.
روش کار: پژوهش حاضر یک پژوهش مداخله ای بوده و جامعه هدف دانشجویان دارای پرونده در دسترس تعیین بود. تعداد حجم نمونه 40 نفر بوده و بیماران به صورت تصادفی در دو گروه 20 نفری؛ آزمایشی و کنترل قرار گرفتند. روش نمونه گیری در درسترس بر اساس معیارهای ورودی و خروجی بود. در این پژوهش از مداخله آموزش مثبت اندیشی استفاده شد. روش سنجش تاثیر مداخله پرسش نامه بوده و به صورت طرح پیش آزمون-پس آزمون اجرا شد.
نتایج: 22 نفر (55%) از پاسخگویان را مردان تشکیل داده اند و 18 نفر (45%) نیز زنان بوده اند. 75% شرکت کنندگان در رده سنی 45-25 بودند. همچنین 57.5% آنها دارای شغل آزاد بوده و 26 نفر از آنها (65%) نوع بیماریشان متوسط بوده است. نتایج نشان داد که آموزش مثبت اندیشی بر خودکارآمدی (P=0.00) ، کاهش افسردگی (P=0.00) و کاهش اضطراب (P=0.00) دانشجویان بهبود یافته از کرونا در شرایط کرونا تاثیر گذار بوده است.
نتیجه گیری: آموزش مهارتهای مثبت اندیشی موثر بوده و موجب افزایش خودکارآمدی، کاهش اضطراب و کاهش افسردگی بیماران بهبود یافته از کرونا شده است و این نتایج بدست آمده با مطالعات پیشین در این زمینه هماهنگ است.

Keywords [Persian]

  • مثبت‌اندیشی
  • خودکارآمدی
  • افسردگی و اضطراب
  • کرونا
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