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:: Volume 20, Issue 2 (2014) ::
Iran J Forensic Med 2014, 20(2): 37-46 Back to browse issues page
Survey the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Anger reduction in Brain Injured Patients
Somayyeh Rahimi Ahmad abadi 1, Hamidreza Aghamahammadian Sherbaf2 , Morteza Modarres Gharavi3 , Hossein Karashki2
1- Mashad Ferdosi University , somaye.rahimi1390@yahoo.com
2- Mashad Ferdosi University
3- Mashad University of Medical Sciences
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Background: The goal of present study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on anger reduction in brain injured people. 

Method:The plan of study was quasi experimental through pretest, posttest and follow up with control group. The sample of this study consists of 16 brain injured patients in Mashhad city and selected by Convenience sampling method and voluntarily participate in this study. Participants randomly divided into two groups. The first groups receive cognitive behavioral therapy and the second group hasn’t any therapy. Two groups in three pretest, posttest and follow up time level were measured. Applied measures in this study consisted of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory and collected data were analyzed through Spss software by repeated measure analysis of variance.

Findings: The results showed that the experimental group that receive CBT showed insignificant differences in anger reduction in compare with control group that don’t receive any therapy. Also the results of secondary hypotheses showed that there is significant differences in anger components that mean state anger, trait anger, anger controlling and introjection of anger in experimental group in compare with control group that don’t receive any therapy in some components there were no differences for example in anger externalization and internalization.

Conclusion: There is discussion about the results in theoretical approach and its importance in clinical intervention. On the whole we could apply the results of present study in valid and accurate assessment and diagnosis of the brain injury effects in legal medical centers and furthermore offer CBT services for this clinical population as non-medical treatment, efficient and inexpensive therapy.

Keywords: Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy, Anger, Brain Injury
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Type of Article: Research Article | Subject: Forensic Medicine
Received: 2014/06/25 | Revised: 2014/07/6 | Accepted: 2014/06/25 | ePublished: 2014/06/25
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Rahimi Ahmad abadi S, Aghamahammadian Sherbaf H, Modarres Gharavi M, Karashki H. Survey the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Anger reduction in Brain Injured Patients. Iran J Forensic Med 2014; 20 (2) :37-46
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