Clinical Psychology and Personality

Clinical Psychology and Personality

The effect of Psychological Resilience Education Program on Negative Automatic Thoughts and Cognitive Coping Strategies

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Farzaneh Okhovati 1
Omid Shokri 2
Ali Khodaei 3
1 Master of General Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22070/cpap.2022.16373.1239
Abstract
Introduction: Globally, stress is a well-recognized feature of the life of undergraduate students. However, there currently is little evidence to suggest what role resilience plays in this issue. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the resilience education program on negative automatic thoughts and cognitive coping strategies among university students.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest nonequivalent-group design in a company with a follow-up stage, 30 university students within experimental and control groups responded to the Negative Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (Hollon & Kendall, 1980) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski, Kraaij & Spinhoven, 2001). The experimental group received 10 resilience training sessions (1 hour a session).
Results: The results of statistical procedures of multivariate and univariate covariance analysis indicated that the resilience education program was effective in increasing adaptive coping strategies consisting of acceptance, positive reappraisal, positive refocusing, refocus on planning and putting into perspective, and in decreasing negative automatic thoughts and non-adaptive coping strategies consists of self-blame, other-blame, rumination, and catastrophizing in short term and long term.
Discussion and conclusion: These findings suggest that resilience training program by increasing positive thinking strategies, adaptive emotional management skills, and interpersonal relationships skills enrichment could result in mental immunization in students
Keywords
Negative Automatic Thoughts
Mental Immunization
Resilience Education Program
Cognitive Coping Strategies
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Clinical Psychology and Personality
Volume 20, Issue 2 - Serial Number 39
February 2023
Pages 121-133