The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Reducing Depression Single Parent Girls

The issue of separation of couples for any reason can have devastating psychological effects on family members, and depression is one of such major problems. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on depression in single-parent adolescent girls in secondary schools in Tuyserkan.

In this study, a quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design with control group was used and its statistical population consisted of all single high school female students in Tuyserkan in the academic year 2020, of which 30 students were selected by available sampling method based on the inclusion criteria and randomly placed in two groups of 15 experimental and control. For both groups, the pre-test, including Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was performed and the experimental group underwent dialectical behavioral therapy for 10 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups completed the post-test again and the results were analyzed by analysis of covariance.

The results showed dialectical behavior therapy is effective in reducing the symptoms of depression and the subjects in the experimental group compared to the control group showed a significant reduction in depression and its cognitive, emotional, and physical symptoms.Discussion and

The results of this study show that this therapeutic approach can be used to reduce cognitive and emotional problems in depressed people.