Effectiveness of Group Counseling based on Lazarus Multimodal Approach on Psychological Well-being of Male Students

Seyed Mohsen  Hojatkhah; Iman  Mesbah; Azar   Parvaneh

doi:10.18502/qjcr.v20i78.6786

Seyed Mohsen Hojatkhah Assistant Professor of Department of Counselling, School of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Iman Mesbah MA of Family Counselling, School of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Azar Parvaneh MA of School Counselling of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/qjcr.v20i78.6786

Keywords: Lazarus multimodal therapy, psychographic well-being, male students

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group counseling based on Lazarus multimodal approach on psychological well-being of rural male students.

Methods: This was a semi-experimental study including pre-test and post-test design, with control group. The study population included all male high school students in rural areas of city of Andimeshk in Iran. Thirty students were chosen through cluster sampling method who obtained the total score lower than average on the psychographic well-being scale, and randomly assigned to experimental (n=15) and control groups (n=15). The experimental group received 8 ninety-minute weekly sessions of multimodal counseling. The research instrument included the short form of Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire. At the end of the sessions, post-test was performed for both groups. Data were analyzed by the analysis of covariance.

Results: The results showed that there is significant difference between experimental and control groups in measures of psychological well-being (p>0/001). The final achievement of this study was the effectiveness of group counseling based on Lazarus multimodal approach on increasing the psychological well-being of male students.

Conclusion: In general, the research findings indicate the role and importance of multimodal therapy in increasing psychological well-being.