Effectiveness of group logo therapy on death anxiety and social adjustment of elderly men

Elderly, is not disease, but it’s an undeniable reality, and one of the critical stages of human development in the normal process of life span. The goal of present study was to study the Effectiveness of group logo therapy on death anxiety and social adjustment of elderly. Study type was semi experimental with pre – post-test design and control groups. Population was all elderly male who were a member of the Mehregan daily elderly centre in Kermanshah in 2016. Instruments were death anxiety (DAS) and social adjustment .30 person selected based on cut-off point in instruments and then assigned into 2 groups (experimental and control n=15) randomly. Experimental group received 8 sessions logo therapy (Frankl, 1998). Data analysed by multiple analysis of covariance. Findings showed that there is significant differences between 2 groups in death anxiety and social adjustment (p (001/0>. therefore can be concluded that logo therapy is effective on reducing death anxiety and enhancing social adjustment of elderly.