The Influence of Group Training of Healthy Life Style on Psychological Well-Being and Symptoms of Mental Disorders Using psychodrama

This research was aimed at studying the influence of group training of healthy life style on psychological wellbeing and symptoms of mental disorders using psychodrama in female dormitory students at University of Isfahan, performed in first semester of 2013-2014 academic year. This was a semi-empirical research with pretest-posttest and control group follow up. The statistical population included all new coming female dormitory students in BA level. A group of 140 students were selected randomly and completed mental disorder Symptoms Checklist-90-revised (SCL-90-r) and the Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being. A total of 32 participants with high scores in SCL-90-r and low scores in psychological well-being scales were selected and divided randomly into two 16-subject groups of test and control. The test group was subject to eight training sessions of healthy life style intervention, each lasting 90 minutes, and the control group did not receive the intervention. The results indicated that performing this intervention using psychodrama has led to a significant increase in psychological well-being dimensions, and a significant decrease in symptoms of mental disorders among the participant students compared with the control group (P < 0.001). The results were confirmed after a two-month follow-up, emphasizing the training of healthy life style in dormitories