Compare the effect of group cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy and group cognitive behavioral therapy on increasing the self-esteem of adolescents

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1 M.Sc. in clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Torbat-e-Jam

2 Assistant professor of anesthesiology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

3 Professor of psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

4 M.Sc. in clinical psychology, M.Sc. in anesthesiology, M.Sc. in English language teaching, Gorgan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

 Introduction: This study was done with the aim of the investigating the effect of group cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy and group cognitive behavioral therapy on increasing adolescents' self-esteem.
 Materials and Methods: The research population (n= 250) of the current study was the adolescents living in a boarding school of Taibad city in 2012 academic year. using convenience sampling, the subjects  were selected and asked to fill out copper smite self-esteem Inventory, and considering the cut-off point of less than 23, 30 adolescences with the lowest self-esteem were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group.
The subjects of experimental groups took part in 8 two hours long sessions of group cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy and group cognitive behavioral therapy, respectively, while the ones of control group did not receive any training. At the end of this period, the subjects’ self-esteem was measured again and compared with pre-test. Data were analyzed with SPSS 19 software, descriptive statistics, covariance analysis and Bonferroni post-hoc analysis.
 Results: ANCOVA test analysis indicated that the self-esteem score in the group cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy, in comparison with the control group, was significantly increased (P<0.01). Although the group cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy, intervention resulted in greater esteem than the group cognitive behavioral therapy, but this increase was not significant.
 Conclusion: Both group cognitive behavioral hypnotherapy and group cognitive behavioral therapy can lead to increased self-esteem in adolescents, but the difference between these procedures is not significant.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 15, Issue 59 - Serial Number 59
September and October 2013
Pages 194-204

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