Shahmoradi M, Ghorbani R, Sotoodeh Asl N. Effectiveness of Transference-focused Psychotherapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Promoting the Mental Health and Psychological Capital of Staff Working in Hospitals Covered by Social Security in Tehran Province. PCP 2021; 9 (4) :259-270
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http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-793-en.html
1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran. , ghorbani.raheb93@gmail.com
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Objective: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Transference-focused Psychotherapy (TFP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on promoting the mental health and psychological capital of staff working in hospitals covered by social security in Tehran Province.
Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of the present study was the personnel working in hospitals covered by social security in Tehran Province. A total of 120 personnel from three hospitals were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group (40 people in each group). All three groups answered the Mental Health Questionnaire (Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R)) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) as a pre-test. Then, the transfer-oriented treatment group and the acceptance and commitment treatment group (during eight sessions) received the experimental intervention and the control group did not receive any kind of intervention. At the end of the sessions, all three groups answered the questions of the SCL-90-R and PCQ again. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the collected data.
Results: The results of the present study showed that both TFP and ACT were effective in promoting the mental health of staff working in hospitals covered by social security. There was also a difference between the effectiveness of TFP and ACT in promoting the mental health of staff working in hospitals covered by social security. Thus, in the TFP group, the components of anxiety, morbid fear, psychosis, and paranoia gained significantly lower scores compared to the ACT group. Regarding the components of psychological capital, the ACT group scored significantly lower than the TFP group.
Conclusion: Both methods can be used by counselors and therapists to promote the mental health of staff working in hospitals covered by social security.
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● Transmission-centered psychotherapy is a type of structured modified psychotherapy.
● ACT is rooted in a philosophical theory called functional contextualism.
● According to WHO, mental health is not only the absence of disease and disability, but also the state of complete physical, mental, and social health.
● Psychological capital is one of the hallmarks of positivism psychology.
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Hospital staff is among the most vulnerable social groups who need psychological support more than other sections of society due to their unique working conditions and physical and psychological pressures. Mental health promotion (anxiety, aggression, depression, sensitivity in interpersonal relationships, physical complaints, OCD, morbid fear, psychosis, paranoid) and psychological capital (hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience) of these people require pecial attention and support. In this study, it was found that transfer-oriented psychotherapy and ACT effectively increase and promote the mental health and psychological capital of personnel working in social security hospitals in Tehran Province.
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Psychometric Received: 2021/06/13 | Accepted: 2021/09/10 | Published: 2021/10/1