Document Type : Original Article
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MSc student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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PhD, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
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MSc, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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MSc, Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Mazandaran University, Mazandaran, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The current study was performed with the aim of effectiveness of existential group therapy on reduction of social anxiety disorder and improvement of self-esteem on athletes in youth category in individual sports of National Teams. Method: this is an experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. The sample include 18 Athletes of youth category (15 to 19 years old) in individual sports of national teams who had social anxiety disorder and low self-esteem (men & women). These participants were selected by convenience sampling method and put randomly in an experimental (N=9) a control (N=9) group. The experimental group received group therapy sessions based on Existential approach and the control group was untouched. The experimental group received 10 sessions of existential group therapy, each one lasted for 100 minutes. Tools used in this study included Liboewist Social Anxiety Scale, Coopersmith self-esteem inventory. To analyze the data descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (covariance) statistical approaches were used. Result: The result indicated a significant difference between the experimental group in terms of social anxiety and self-esteem in the pretest and posttest. Conclusion: Existential group therapy as intervention leading to improve self-esteem and reduce social anxiety.
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