The Effectiveness of of positive therapy on Internet addiction and identity crisis in female senior high school students in Falavarjan city

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive therapy on Internet addiction and identity crisis in sinior female high school students in Falavarjan.

The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included senior high school female students and their parents from Falavarjan (Isfahan province) during the academic year of 2018-19. Using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, forty female high school students from Falavarjan province were selected and placed with their parents in a randomized control and experimental groups. The tools used in the study included: Family Communication Patterns, Generalized Pathological Internet Use Scale and identity crisis questionnaire. The intervention included eight positive therapy sessions for parents, and 9 positive therapy sessions for adolescents. The data were analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis.

The results showed that in the experimental group, the average of the three variables in the post- test was significantly different from the pre-test, but no significant change was observed in the control group.

 These findings suggest that positive therapy has had an impact on Internet addiction and identity crisis in female senior high school students.