The Effectiveness of Psychological Well-being Training on Negative Automatic Thoughts and Resilience of Female Adolescents with Rumination in Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background: While there is a strong link between rumination and internalizing psychopathology over the lifespan, the development of rumination is not well understood. The aim of this study was asses the effectiveness of psychological well-being training on negative automatic thoughts and resilience of female adolescents with rumination in Tehran. Materials and Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of the present study includes all female adolescents with rumination in District 6, Tehran, Iran in 2018-2019. The number of samples in the study was 30 adolescent girls with rumination who were selected through convenience sampling method by referring to counseling centers and psychological services in Tehran and randomly assigned to experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The experimental group received psychological well-being interventions (Ten sessions) in one month and a one-hour training session per week. Then, female adolescents with rumination in both groups underwent a post-test. The instruments used included the Negative Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ-N, Ingram et al. 1995), and the Resilience Questionnaire (Connor and Davidson, 2003). After collecting the questionnaires, the data were analyzed by SPSS software version 23. Results: The results showed that 6.6% in the experimental group and 11.11% in the control group were 14 years old. Moreover, psychological well-being training was effective on negative automatic thoughts (F= 50.89, P=0.001), and resilience (F= 1.24, P=0.001) of adolescents with rumination (p>0.05).. Conclusion: Psychological well-being training (Ten sessions) in one month and a one-hour training session per week was effective on negative automatic thoughts and resilience of adolescents with rumination in Tehran.