The Comparison of the Efficacy of Modern Experimental Psychology Reality Therapy and New Transactional Analysis as Independent Variable on Grief Reaction following Emotional Breakdown in Female Students

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the efficacy of modern experimental psychology reality therapy and transactional analysis on grief reaction due to emotional breakdowns in female student. This is a semi-trial survey with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical sample includes all female students of Roudehen University who experienced emotional breakdown. From this population, 45 students were randomly selected as sample, then they were placed in three 15-member groups including two test groups and one control group and pretested through grief experience questionnaire (GEQ). The first experimental group was intervened for 8 sessions with Modern experimental psychology reality therapy, the second experimental group was intervened for 8 sessions with new transactional analysis and the control group received no training. At the end of the program, the subjects of three groups were again evaluated by the mentioned questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by MANOVA. The results of covariance analysis showed that the posttest related to the symptoms of grief due to emotional breakdown in experiment group reduced in comparison with control group. Furthermore, the investigation of modified means indicates the superiority of the therapeutic therapy rather than transactional analysis therapy.