The COVID-19 Anxiety and Psychological Well-being Following Resilience- Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (R-CBT)

Pourmaveddat, Khatoon; Dehghan Manshadi, Zobeydeh

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2023.63197.1238

Document Type : research

Authors

¹ Association professor, Department of Psychology Payam Noor University(PNU), Tehran, Iran

² Ph.D of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2023.63197.1238

Abstract

Objective: This study attempted to use resilience-based cognitive-behavioral intervention (R-CBT) through online learning to reduce COVID-19 anxiety and improve psychological well-being.
Method: Fourteen Payame Noor University Telephone Counseling Center students with Corona anxiety, selected by volunteer sampling, received nine sessions of R-CBT using a learning management system (LMS). The participants completed the Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (Alipour et al.2020) and Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-being (Ryff, 1989) in a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. Finally, the data were analyzed using repeated measures.
Results: The results demonstrated the significant effect of R-CBT on COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being (p<0.0001). LSD post-hoc test indicated a significant difference (p<0.05) among the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages regarding COVID-19 anxiety. Accordingly, the level of stress decreased in the post-test and follow-up stage. The results also revealed a significant difference among the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages regarding psychological well-being (p<0.05). Accordingly, the level of psychological well-being increased in the post-test and follow-up stage. However, no significant difference was observed between the post-test and follow-up stages, which highlighted the non-stability of the effect of the intervention over time.
Conclusion: According to the results, it could be concluded that online sessions of R-CBT were effective likewise in-person sessions and could be used in pandemic conditions or long-distance therapy to improve the psychological condition of anxious patients.

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Article Title [Persian]

بررسی اضطراب کرونا و بهزیستی روان‌شناختی به دنبال درمان شناختی رفتاری مبتنی بر تاب‌آوری

Authors [Persian]

خاتون پورمودت ¹
زبیده دهقان منشادی ²

¹ دانشیار گروه روانشناسی دانشگاه پیام نور،تهران، ایران.

² دکتری روانشناسی،دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران.

Abstract [Persian]

مقدمه: همه‌گیری کووید-19 با میزان واگیری بالا و علائم ناشناخته‌ منجر به استرس و به خطر افتادن بهزیستی روانی در افراد، به‌ویژه جوانان شده است. این مطالعه با هدف استفاده از مداخله شناختی-رفتاری مبتنی بر تاب‌آوری (R-CBT) از طریق یادگیری آنلاین برای کاهش اضطراب COVID-19 و بهبود بهزیستی روان‌شناختی انجام شد. روش: چهارده نفر از دانشجویان مرکز مشاوره تلفنی دانشگاه پیام نور مبتلا به اضطراب کرونا که به روش نمونه‌گیری داوطلبانه انتخاب‌شده بودند، نه جلسه مداخله شناختی-رفتاری مبتنی بر تاب‌آوری را با استفاده از سیستم مدیریت یادگیری (LMS) دریافت کردند. شرکت‌کنندگان مقیاس اضطراب بیماری کرونا (علی پور و همکاران، 2020) و مقیاس بهزیستی روان‌شناختی ریف (1989) را در پیش‌آزمون، پس‌آزمون و پیگیری تکمیل کردند. درنهایت داده‌ها با استفاده از اندازه‌گیری‌ مکرر و نرم‌افزار 21SPSS- مورد تجزیه‌وتحلیل قرار گرفت. یافته‌ها: نتایج نشان‌دهنده تأثیر معنی‌دار مداخله شناختی-رفتاری مبتنی بر تاب‌آوری بر اضطراب کرونا و بهزیستی روان‌شناختی دانشجویان بود (p<0.0001) بود. همچنین آزمون تعقیبی LSD نیز تفاوت معنی‌داری را بین مراحل پیش‌آزمون، پس‌آزمون و پیگیری در رابطه با اضطراب کرونا نشان داد ((p<0.05. بر این اساس، سطح اضطراب در مرحله پس‌آزمون و پیگیری کاهش یافت. همچنین نتایج نشان داد که بین مراحل پیش‌آزمون، پس‌آزمون و پیگیری از نظر بهزیستی روان‌شناختی نیز تفاوت معنی‌داری وجود دارد ( 05/0>P). بدین‌صورت که سطح بهزیستی روان‌شناختی در مرحله پس‌آزمون و پیگیری افزایش یافت. بااین‌حال، تفاوت معنی‌داری بین مراحل پس‌آزمون و پیگیری مشاهده نشد که عدم پایداری اثر مداخله را در طول زمان برجسته می‌کند. نتیجه‌گیری: با توجه به نتایج، می‌توان نتیجه گرفت که جلسات آنلاین مداخله شناختی-رفتاری مبتنی بر تاب‌آوری، همانند جلسات حضوری، می‌تواند مؤثر بوده و می‌توان در شرایط همه‌گیری بیماری‌ها یا درمان راه دور برای بهبود وضعیت روانی بیماران مضطرب مورداستفاده قرار گیرد.

Keywords [Persian]

بیماری کرونا
اضطراب
بهزیستی روان‌شناختی
درمان شناختی رفتاری
تاب‌آوری
روانشناسی سلامت

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The COVID-19 Anxiety and Psychological Well-being Following Resilience- Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (R-CBT)

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Volume 5, Issue 4 - Serial Number 14
September 2022
Pages 35-44