ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Iranmanesh   S. (1)
Ranjbar   M. (2)
Jalili   R. (3)
Yousefvand   M. (*4)
Hassanvand   B. (5)






(*4) Psychology Department, Literature & Humanities Faculty, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran
(1) Family Counseling Department, Psychology & Educational Sciences Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
(2) Clinical Psychology Department, Humanities Faculty, Roodehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen, Iran
(3) Educational Sciences Department, Literature & Humanities Faculty, Khoramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoramabad, Iran
(5) Clinical Psychology Department, Psychology Faculty, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

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Address: Psychology Department, Literature & Humanities Faculty, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran
Phone: +98 (66) 32543351
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Article History

Received:   June  22, 2019
Accepted:   April 21, 2019
ePublished:   September 21, 2019

ABSTRACT

Aims Today, addiction has become one of the most serious problems in human society that it leads to many deviance, anomalies, and crimes. The main purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the quality cognitional therapeutic group in changing the level of meta-cognitive beliefs among the cannabis addicted men.
Materials & Methods This quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group was carried out among 40 addicted men in Khorramabad city in 2018-2019. The subjects were selected using random sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The experimental group was trained in quality cognitional therapeutic group in 8 sessions. The Wales metacognitive beliefs questionnaire was used for data collection in pre-test and post-test phases. Data were analyzed by SPSS 21 software using univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance.
Findings By controlling the pretest effect, the quality of the cognitional therapeutic group in increasing the positive beliefs (F=39.48) and cognitive self-awareness (F=14.35), as well as on reducing cognitive dissonance (F=12.67), the uncontrollability, risk of thoughts (F=13.48) and need for thought control (F=12.20) had a significant effect (p=0.001).
Conclusion The quality cognitional therapeutic group is effective in increasing the level of positive metacognitive beliefs and decreasing the level of negative metacognitive beliefs in cannabis addicted men.
Conclusion The quality cognitional therapeutic group is effective in increasing the level of positive metacognitive beliefs and decreasing the level of negative metacognitive beliefs in cannabis addicted men.


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