A Survey of The Influence of Cognitive Therapy Based on Self-talking Technique In Reducing The Rate of Social Phobia and the recovery of interpretation of events related to self and others.

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors

• Hosein Mosayebi shirafkan
• Masoome Esmaili
• Mohammad reza Falsafinezhad

10.22067/ijap.v11i2.8078

Abstract

In this study cognitive therapy based on self-talking technique for reducing the rate of social phobia and factors of interpretation of events related to self and others have been noticed.sample group was 8 women from a 16-person group suffering from social phobia , selected at random from among 27 people referring to counseling clinics.their disorder has been detected by using the instrument of spin diagnosis and DSM-IV.To collect data the inventory of social phobia (SPIN)and the inventory of the interpretation of the events related to self and others were used. The statistical analysis of the data showed that cognitive therapy based on self-talking technique has influenced to reduce the rate of social phobia .the scores of person's social phobia have decreased significantly after the therapy in comparison to the one before the therapy.Although the factors of interpretation of the events related to self and others also have showed changes but these changes statistically were not significant.
Keywords: cognitive therapy based on self-talking technique, social phobia, interpretation of events related to self and others.

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