Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Counseling Approaches (Logo therapy and Gestalt therapy) in the Symptom Improvement of Aggression, Depression and Anxiety Among Seeking- divorce women in Saghez

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors

yosof atari

kiomars bashlideh

naser yosofi

jamile nabavi hesar

10.22067/fe.v7i2.1868

Abstract

This study was aimed to compare the effectiveness of Logo therapy and Gestalt therapy for symptom improvement of seeking-divorce women diagnosed as suffering from aggression, depression and anxiety. All women seeking divorce in Saghez were considered as the population, 90 of them were selected through stratified random sampling method. From those diagnosed with SCL-90-R test, as an depressed, aggressived and Anxious seeking- divorced women. 90 subjects were randomly assigned to three experimental groups (30 subjects in each Group), and then 30 '.'healthy women? randomly selected and assigned to the control group. Therefore, four groups were formed: Logo therapy group and Gestalt therapy group, control group and a "normal group". The recovery indices (dependent variables) employed were Subjects aggression, depression and Anxiety, which were measured twice before and after Interventions SCL-90-R scale. The results showed that Gestalt therapy was same as Logo therapy in reduction of aggression, anxiety and in the improvement of subjects' depression. Both Gestalt therapy and Logo therapy were the most effective methods in the reduction of mental symptoms.
Keywords: Aggression, Depression, Anxiety, Logo therapy, Gestalt, therapy, seeking-divorce women.

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