The effectiveness of Existential Group Therapy on Elderly Women’s Anxiety Related to Death and Dying of Self, Death and Dying of Others

The main objective of present study is investigation of the effectiveness of Existential group therapy on elderly women anxiety related to Death and Dying of Self, Death and Dying of others. The research population was the elderlies who came to the Iranian Alzheimer Association. 18 elderlies were selected through purpose-focus, available, and voluntary sampling method, and randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Callet-Lester Death Anxiety Questionnaire was used for data collection. The experimental group participated in 12 group therapy sessions while the control group received no treatment. SPSS has been used for Data analysis. Results of Analysis of covariance, in this article, showed that existential group therapy did not decrease elderly women anxiety related to Death and Dying of Self, Death and Dying of others. Existential Therapy is a depth approach in psychology that is related to people’s worldview; so it needs more time for being effective on the elderly. Thus, more research in this area is needed.