Effects of Group Logotherapy Training on Self-Esteem, Communication Skills, and Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in Older Adults

Abstract Problems duringold age have a direct impact on the mental and social health of the older adults. In this research, we decided to evaluate the effects of group logotherapy training on self-esteem, communication skills, and dealing with events in the older adults. Thesamples of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) include30 older adults individuals with unstable and weak self-esteem in adaily center for the older adults, which were selected by convenience method and divided into two equal groups, i.e., the cases and controls. The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI), Weiss and Marmar’s Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and Barton’s Communication Skills Questionnaire were the instruments for data collection. After evaluating the baseline, the case group attended ten sessions of group logotherapy. During this period, the controls were only using the conventional programs of the center. At the end of the program, the baseline sessions were completed by all participants at 1 and 3-month follow-up. The collected data were analyzed usinga repeated measures model, independent t-test, and chi-square test.The results show that group logotherapy significantly effect on the improvement of self-esteem, communication skills, and dealing with events in the older adults (P < 0.001). However, a decrease in the effects of the training was observed in the follow-ups of one and three months after the program. It can be concluded that group logotherapy training can be used for boosting self-esteem, improving communication skills, and improving proper responses to stressful events among the older adults. The durability of the benefits of these trainings requires reevaluation of this program in the long term..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

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Ageing international - 47(2021), 4 vom: 06. Aug., Seite 758-778

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Soroush, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Ziapour, Arash [VerfasserIn]
Abbas, Jaffar [VerfasserIn]
Jahanbin, Iran [VerfasserIn]
Andayeshgar, Bahare [VerfasserIn]
Moradi, Farideh [VerfasserIn]
Najafi, Sahar [VerfasserIn]
Cheraghpouran, Elham [VerfasserIn]

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Communication
Group therapy
Older adults
Self-esteem
Stress disorders traumatic

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021

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10.1007/s12126-021-09458-2

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OLC213299501X