The Effectiveness of Logo Therapy on Corona Anxiety and Psychological Hardiness in Students with Emotional Disturbance

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of human Sciences, University of Islamic Azad, Ardabil, Iran

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of human Sciences, Ardabil unit, University of Islamic Azad, Ardabil, Iran

3 Department of Nursing, Faculty of human Sciences, Ardabil unit, University of Islamic Azad, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

The research aimed to determine the effectiveness of logotherapy on corona anxiety and psychological hardiness in students with emotional disturbance. The research method was quasi-experimental, with a pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all students of Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch in 2021. The sample size included 30 students, which replaced two control and experimental groups using purposeful sampling (The criterion was the highest score from emotional disturbance scale, corona anxiety scale and the lowest score in psychological hardiness scale). The experimental group received Logotherapy for 8 weeks and each session was 75 minutes, after the termination, the follow-up phase was carried out two months later. The research tools included the DASS-21 Scale Lovibond & Lovibond, CDAS Scale Alipour& et al., and the LGHS Scale Lang and Goulet.To analyze the data, analysis of repeated measure ANOVA and Bonferroni tests used. The results showed that logotherapy has a significant effect on reducing the corona anxiety and increasing psychological hardiness. Therefore, psychologists can use this intervention to improve research variables.

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Journal of Psychological Studies
Volume 19, Issue 2 - Serial Number 71
September 2023
Pages 87-100

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