بررسي اثربخشي آموزش مهارتهاي حل مسيله در كاهش افسردگي دانش آموزان

STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBLEM-SOLVING TRAINING ON REDUCING DEPRESSION

This research examine the effectiveness of problem-sloving skills Training on reduction of depression in 15-18 years old adolescents. To evaluate the effectiveness of this method in treatment of depression, pre-test and post-test plan was performed on two experimental and control groups. At first 300 students were selected from a pool of 1400 students on a random basis. Then Beck Depression Inventory was administered on them. Thirty students were chosen from those who had a minimum score of 17 and randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. The experimental group recieved Problem-Solving Skills Training and the control group did not red eve any intervention. Results revealed that, for the experimental group, depression was reduced significantly (p C 0/001). Therefore, Problem-Solving Skills Training is a useful intervention for reducing depression as well as increasing effective coping skills, i.e. more problem focus coping skills.