چکیده:
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of motivational interviewing on the
psychological symptoms of 2nd year high school boy students of Isfahan city during the year 2014–2015.
Methodology: This study was conducted with the semi‑experimental method, pretest and posttest
with the control group. The statistical population of this study was all the 2nd year high school boy
students of Isfahan city who were randomly selected and put in the experimental group (15 individuals)
and control group (15 individuals). First, the questionnaire of psychological symptoms (DASS, 1995)
was performed and posttest was taken from experimental and control groups after conducting eight
sessions in the experimental group. Result: Data analysis showed that motivational interviewing had
a significant effect on the psychological symptoms of boy adolescents and would lead to the decrease
in depression and anxiety (F = 11.18, P < 0.05). Conclusions: As a result, conducting motivational
interviewing sessions was an effective method in decreasing the psychological symptoms of boy
adolescents.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The effectiveness of motivational interviewing on the psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress) of 2nd year high school boy adolescences of Isfahan city Address for Correspondence: Dr. Elham Frouzande, Department of Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
com ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of motivational interviewing on the psychological symptoms of 2nd year high school boy students of Isfahan city during the year 2014–2015.
Result: Data analysis showed that motivational interviewing had a significant effect on the psychological symptoms of boy adolescents and would lead to the decrease in depression and anxiety (F = 11.
Conclusions: As a result, conducting motivational interviewing sessions was an effective method in decreasing the psychological symptoms of boy adolescents.
The effectiveness of motivational interviewing on the psychological symptoms (depression,anxiety, and stress) of 2nd year high school boy adolescences of Isfahancity.
With regard to the frequency of the statistical data of Table 2 related to depression, we could conclude that 78 International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches / Vol 2 / Issue 2 / April-June 2016 motivational interviewing had a significant effect on the depression of adolescents (P < 0.
Discussion and Conclusion The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of motivational interviewing approach on psychological symptoms (anxiety, stress, depression) in adolescent boys.
The results of the present study showed that the approach of motivational interviewing had a significant effect on the decrease of students’ depression and anxiety (P < 0.