The Effectiveness of Group Logotherapy on Resilience among Women with Alexithymia Symptoms

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Clinical Psychology, Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a Group Logotherapy protocol on resilience in women with Alexithymia symptoms.
Method: A semi-experimental design by pretest-posttest with control group were applied. The statistical population included referred Alexithymia women to Tabriz treatment centers during a 4 month interval. Among these a total number of 24 subjects using Toronto Alexithymia Scale- 20  were screened and divided to experimental and control groups (n=12) in a randomly basis. The experimental group received Group Logotherapy for 10 session of 90 minutes, while no intervention made on control group. Subjects of both group were completed Conner & Davidson Resilience Scale (CD‐RISC) in pretest and posttest occasions. The data were extracted and a Multivariable Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) administered.
Results: The results showed that logotherapy after 10 sessions significantly impact the resilience mean scores in the experimental group rather than control group at posttest stage.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the present research, the Group Logotherapy could be a useful intervention to increase resilience of the Alexithymia women and is then recommended to the clinicians in work with these patients..

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