Ahmad Nasseri; mahnaz khosrojavid; Seyed Mousa Kafi Masouleh
Abstract
Separation anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in teenagers that causes severe physical and mental disorders. The aim of this study was investigate Effect of Intensive Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy on The Quality of Object Relations and Defense Mechanisms in Adolescents ...
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Separation anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in teenagers that causes severe physical and mental disorders. The aim of this study was investigate Effect of Intensive Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy on The Quality of Object Relations and Defense Mechanisms in Adolescents White Separation Anxiety Disorder. This study was experimental method with pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The study’s population consisted of all male students of the second High school with separation anxiety disorder from khalkhal city during the academic year 2021-2022. Among these, 30 number of students with separation anxiety disorder based on March et al.'s separation anxiety questionnaire (1997) and the structured clinical interview and other inclusion criteria the research were selected and random assignment and placed in two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group).The experimental group was trained 10 sessions of 60 minutes under a short-term in Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy. Bell's (1995) thematic relationship questionnaires and Andrews et al.'s (1993) defense mechanisms questionnaires were used for both groups in the pre- and post-test stages. Research data were analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis. The results showed that Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy can significantly improve the quality of Object relationships and reduce Defense Mechanisms in Adolescents. Based on this, the using of Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy can help students with separation anxiety disorder in reducing psychological problems and increasing the quality of relationships