Effectiveness of group logo therapy on social adjustment, loneliness and general health of elderly

Due to the rapid growth of the elderly population in the 21st century, especially in developing countries, pay attention to the physical and psychological needs of the elderlies is essential. The goal of present study was to study the Effectiveness of group logo therapy on social adjustment, loneliness and general health of elderly. This semi-experimental research was conducted with pre-posttest design with an experimental and a control group. Population was all elderly who were a member of the daily elderly center in Tehran in 2018. For the purposes of the research, 30 elderly were selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n=15 each). The control group did not receive any intervention. An interventional program of experimental group (group logo therapy) was performed in 10 sessions of 90 minutes. To collect data, the questionnaire on social adjustment Bell (1962), loneliness Russell, Peplau & Curtona (1980), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) Goldberg & Hillier (1979( were used. The data were analyzed and represented as mean, standard deviation, and covariance. Findings showed that there is significant differences between 2 groups in adjustment,loneliness and general health (P<0.01). therefore can be concluded that logo therapy is effective on enhancing social adjustment, reducing loneliness and enhancing general health of elderly.