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Personal Uniqueness Therapy: Living with an Inner Ideal
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2014
Pages:
1-7
Received:
25 January 2014
Published:
20 February 2014
Abstract: The article under consideration represents a new system of psychotherapy and self-therapy – Personal Uniqueness Therapy (PUT). It is based on the author’s Person-oriented conception of happiness (POCH), particularly its “PU” system. The motivating force of inner ideals is applied in the process of therapy. The author demonstrates PUT distinctions from all other systems of therapy which have a surface resemblance to it. A client is taught to feel, get in contact and gradually broaden her ideal part that helps her to initiate the coping process during distress and gradually overcome external difficulties. A vignette concerning the application of the main PUT techniques in the author’s work with a depressive client is adduced.
Abstract: The article under consideration represents a new system of psychotherapy and self-therapy – Personal Uniqueness Therapy (PUT). It is based on the author’s Person-oriented conception of happiness (POCH), particularly its “PU” system. The motivating force of inner ideals is applied in the process of therapy. The author demonstrates PUT distinctions f...
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Efficacy of Correction Beliefs Related to Family Functioning Based on Cognitive Method to Reduce Marital Conflict in Men
Mohammad Hojati,
Mohammad Abasi,
moein shokri
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2014
Pages:
8-11
Received:
12 December 2013
Published:
20 February 2014
Abstract: This study examines the effectiveness of the correct relationship beliefs about family functioning, based on Cognitive method to Reduce Male Marital Conflict. The research method used in this study is quasi-experimental. Research design is pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study population consists of all married men who referred to a clinic in an oil company in jam, Iran. Among these patients, typical methods are used to fit 30 people that sampling method was selected and, 15 people were randomly placed in the experimental group and 15 people were in the control group. The experimental group participated in eight 60-minute sessions. The tools used in this study were Contact Beliefs Questionnaire (RBI) and the Inventory of marital conflicts. Before and after implementation of the independent variable (Correct relationship beliefs) members of both groups were asked to respond to the questionnaire. Data analysis for this study was spss16 software. In order for describing the data, descriptive statistics (such as mean and standard deviation of frequency), and T tests were used to test the research hypothesis. The results showed that the Correct Relationship beliefs related to family functions based on the cognitive method in reducing marital conflicts that affect men.
Abstract: This study examines the effectiveness of the correct relationship beliefs about family functioning, based on Cognitive method to Reduce Male Marital Conflict. The research method used in this study is quasi-experimental. Research design is pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study population consists of all married men who refer...
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Illness Perception, Religiosity and Mental Health of Diabetic Patients in Ghana
Kingsley Nyarko,
Nuworza Kugbey,
Samuel Atindanbila
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2014
Pages:
12-20
Received:
24 December 2013
Published:
28 February 2014
Abstract: This study examines the influence of diabetic patients’ perception of their illness and their levels of religiosity on their mental health problems. A sample of 194 diabetic patients was drawn from two major hospitals (Korle-Bu Teaching and Tema General Hospitals) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The cross-sectional survey method was used as the study design. Results from Pearson correlation show that the diabetic patients’ level of religiosity did not significantly correlate with their mental health problems. However, illness perception correlates significantly and positively with their general mental health problem (GSI) and specific ones such as somatization, obsessive-compulsion, depression, anxiety and psychoticism. Multiple regression analyses show that level of general mental health problem (GSI) was significantly predicted by perception of illness Coherence followed by perceptions Symptoms and Concern. Similarly, perception of coherence was the most significant predictor of both depression and anxiety among diabetic patients. The implications of the findings are discussed.
Abstract: This study examines the influence of diabetic patients’ perception of their illness and their levels of religiosity on their mental health problems. A sample of 194 diabetic patients was drawn from two major hospitals (Korle-Bu Teaching and Tema General Hospitals) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The cross-sectional survey method was used as t...
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The Occurrence of Test Anxiety in Student Nurses in Selected Nursing Schools in Ghana
Samuel Atindanbila,
Edward Abasimi,
Kingsley Nyarko,
Johnson Atambila Adika
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2014
Pages:
21-26
Received:
28 January 2014
Published:
28 February 2014
Abstract: This paper examined the occurrence of test anxiety among student nurses in selected Nursing Schools in Ghana. A total of one hundred and sixty four student nurses (N= 164) were drawn from five Nursing Training Schools in Ghana using stratified sampling technique. The Westside Test Anxiety Scale was administered to students from the various schools who came to Pantang Psychiatric Hospital for affiliation. Results were analysed using the independent t test and ANOVA. The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant difference in test anxiety among the various ages of the students. Secondly, there was no significant difference in anxiety scores among males and females. Thirdly, there was no significant difference in test anxiety between Christians and Muslims. There was also a significant difference in test anxiety levels among the various types of training with Health Assistant Clinical (HAC) students reporting higher test anxiety compared to both Registered General Nursing (RGN) and Midwifery students. The final finding was that there was a significant difference in reported test anxiety levels among students from the various schools with those from private institutions reporting significantly higher levels. It was recommended that the various HAC schools should organised training programmes for students on how to prepare and take exams and tests successfully.
Abstract: This paper examined the occurrence of test anxiety among student nurses in selected Nursing Schools in Ghana. A total of one hundred and sixty four student nurses (N= 164) were drawn from five Nursing Training Schools in Ghana using stratified sampling technique. The Westside Test Anxiety Scale was administered to students from the various schools ...
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