The effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF- CB) on strengths and difficulties in daughters of martyr and devotee families

The main aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Trauma-focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF- CBT) on Strengths and Difficulties in daughtersof Martyr and Devotee families of Isfahan.
The design of this study was quasi-experimental method with pre-test - post-test and follow-up stages. The statistical population consists of all female adolescents of Martyr and Devotee families in the academic year 13881389 in Isfahan city.Among them, sample groups were randomly selected through Cluster Sampling Method. Tools of the study included Demographic Questionnaire and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997). After intervention, the post test was performed and the follow-up was performed 4 months later. The results were analyzed through SPSS-19, using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. Trauma-focused Behavioral-Cognitive interventions were on the basis of Cohen’s (et al, 2001) treatment plan.
Data were analyzed by using Multivariate analysis of Covariance. The research findings showed that there was significant differences between experimental and control groups in decreasing behavioral problems in post-test (P≤02) and follow-up (P The results indicated that Trauma-focused Behavioral-Cognitive intervention can decrease the psychological difficulties of adolescents and improve their strengths. The results of follow-up, after four months, demonstrated that there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups in the amount of problems and strengths. Over all, the effectiveness of interventions after four months had still remained. This research suggests using Trauma-focused BehavioralCognitive intervention in order to reduce the psychological difficulties and enhance the adolescents’ strengths of Martyr and Devotee families.