The effectiveness of tactical defenses clarification in intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on trait and state anxiety

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

The present research was conducted aiming at determining the effectiveness of tactical defenses clarification in intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy on trait and state anxiety. This research is of quasi-experimental (pre-test and post-test design with a control group) type. The population included the patients referring to the clinic in Saeedieh Tower in Hamedan in 2018. The participants were selected by voluntary sampling with non-random selection and random assignment. For the selection, 13 applicants were selected and placed in the experimental group and 13 other applicants were selected and placed in the control group as well. The data were collected by means of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Interventions for the experimental group were performed in 10 sessions for 45 minutes weekly and no intervention was conducted for the control group. The findings showed that the difference between the mean scores of trait anxiety and state anxiety between the control and the experiment group was significant and it can be mentioned that the decrease in state and trait anxiety is due to independent variable effectiveness. Significance was found in trait anxiety (p = 0.001, f =14.27) and in state anxiety (p = 0.001, f =15.30). The results indicate that the tactical defenses clarification based on intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy has led to a reduction in state and trait anxiety

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Journal of Research in Psychopathology
Volume 1, Issue 2
October 2020
Pages 37-41

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