Cognitive Group Counseling Research Articles

The Effect of Cognitive Group Counseling on Women’s Motivation for Childbearing-an Interventional Study

Background: Postponing parenthood is associated with decreased number of offspring and increased pregnancy risks. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive group counseling on childless couples' decision motivation for childbearing and preconception checkup. Methods: This experimental study was performed on 62 fertile women referred to health care centers in Qom. Signing the written consent form, the participants who were selected by the convenience sampling method entered the study. Childbearing Questionnaire (CBQ) was used to collect data. 6 cognitive group counseling sessions were conducted for the intervention group while the control group did not receive any training except one session on the disadvantages of postponed childbearing by the midwife under the supervision of the researcher. After the intervention, childbearing motivation was evaluated in both groups. The samples were also evaluated in one and two months after the intervention to see whether they have referred for pre-pregnancy checkups. The data were analyzed by SPSS20 using chi-square, and independent t-test. P-value was considered to be less than 0.05. Results: The results showed that after the intervention, the mean of Positive Childbearing Motivation (PCM) in the intervention group was significantly higher than that of the control group and the mean of Negative Childbearing Motivation (NCM) was significantly lower than that of the control group (p <0.001). The frequency of booking pre-pregnancy checkups two months after intervention was 69.57% and 10% in the intervention and control groups, respectively. Conclusion: Counseling could be more effective to motivate women to start booking for prepregnancy checkups.

The Efficiency of a Behavioral Cognitive Group Counseling Program in Reducing Anger Level and Developing Self Concept Among a Sample of Refugee Female Syrian Students in Jordan

The study aimed at examining the developing efficiency of behavioral cognitive group counseling program in reducing anger and developing self concept. The sample of the study which consisted of 40 refugee female Syrian students in Jordan was assigned into two groups; experimental (n=20) and control (n=20). The program consists of a set of sessions. Two measures were used; Anger Measure and the Psychological one. Results showed statistical significance of the program. The study came up with some recommendations.

Investigating the effect of group counseling on family stress and anxiety of primiparous mothers during delivery

BackgroundFamily is considered as the first source of care and support for the mother. Family stress and anxiety can be transmitted to the pregnant mother and have negative effects on pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and even their fetus. Given that one of the policies of the World Health Organization is to emphasize “safe family is safe with mother” this study was aimed to determine the effect of group counseling on family stress and anxiety of primiparous mothers during delivery.MethodsThis quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2016 on 72 family members of pregnant women who were referred to midwifery clinics in two health centers in Saveh-Iran. In this research, two members of each family (husband and other family of the pregnant woman) were selected using convenience sampling and were randomly divided into two groups of 36 families. At the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy, standard questionnaires of Cohen’s Perceived Stress and Cattell Anxiety scale were completed by both groups. For the intervention group, six sessions of cognitive group counseling were held weekly and the control group did not receive the intervention. Then, at the time of hospitalizing pregnant women for childbirth, the questionnaires were completed again by the family of both groups and the two groups were compared in terms of stress and anxiety before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16 using appropriate statistical tests.FindingsThe findings showed that there was no significant difference between mean scores of stress, anxiety, hidden anxiety and obvious anxiety before intervention in both intervention and control groups. In the intervention group, Perceived stress score (p < 0.001), anxiety score (p < 0.001), hidden anxiety score (p = 0.003) and obvious anxiety score (p < 0.001) after intervention, with a statistically significant difference were lower than the control group.ConclusionGroup counseling can reduce the stress and anxiety of the family of primiparous mothers.

فاعلية برنامج إرشادي : دراسة تقييمية للأحداث الجانحين في الأردن = The Effect of a Behavioral - Cognitive Group Counseling Program among Juvenile Delinquents in Jordan

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a behavioral - cognitive group counseling program among juvenile delinquents in Jordan. The sample of the study consisted of (60) male and female juveniles who were distributed into an experimental group which received the group counseling program and the control group which was not exposed to the group counseling program. The self-concept scale and the scale of anger were applied in the beginning and in the end of the study to all sample members. The results indicated significant differences between the two groups in relation to modifying self-concept, and reducing level of anger. The results revealed, however, insignificant differences between the two groups in relation to sex.