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P-482 - Effects of Group Counseling With Cognitive-behavioural Approach on Reducing Divorce Children's Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Ghasemzadeh ,
S. Karami ,
M. Saadat ,
E. Mazaheri  and
T. Zandipour
A. Ghasemzadeh
Affiliation:
Preschool Education, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Beheshti, Tehran, Iran
S. Karami
Affiliation:
University of Al- Zahra, Tehran, Iran
M. Saadat
Affiliation:
University of Shahid, Beheshti, Tehran, Iran
E. Mazaheri
Affiliation:
University of Al- Zahra, Tehran, Iran
T. Zandipour
Affiliation:
University of Al- Zahra, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

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Objective:

The main objective of this research is to determine the effect of group counseling with cognitive - behavioral approach on reducing depression in children of divorce supported by Tehran welfare centers.

Methods:

The research method was quasi experimental with pre test-post test design and control group. A sample of 20 children who resident in two residential welfare centers in Tehran was selected by an available sampling method. Using Maria Kovacs (1977) children's depression questionnaire (CDI) as a pre test indicated that all participants were depressed. Then the two centers were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. the experimental group received training - treatment program in 8 sessions (each one hour). Finally, all participants answered the questionnaire in post test and Hypotheses were tested by co-variance analysis.

Results:

Results indicated that the post-test values have been affected by the group counseling by 85.5% (F = 94.263, P < 0.01). Moreover, group counseling has an effect on decreasing the level of children's insufficiency by 25.3% (F = 5.088, P < 0.05).

Conclusions:

According to the results it could be concluded that group counseling with cognitive-behavioral approach had a positive effect on reducing depression and insufficiency.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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