The Effect of Transactional Analysis Training on Intimacy Attitude, Self-Esteem and Depression in Physically Disabled Women

Disability exists not only in the body of disabled but also in their attitudes. Negative attitudes and social barriers can lead to low self-esteem and depression in disabled people. This study was conducted to determine the effects of group training through Transactional Analysis on changing of intimacy attitude, self-esteem and depression of physically disabled women in Kashan in 2019.

The research was performed in semi-experimental method with two groups (training and control) with pre-test, post-test and follow up design. The statistical population was 48 disabled women under care of welfare center, which 40 people were selected and divided equally in each group randomly. The research instruments were intimacy attitude Treadwell, Eysenck’s self esteem and Beck depression inventories. First, pre-test was conducted. Then 8 sessions of Transactional Analysis, were administrated to test group. For both groups, post-test (after training), and follow-up test (one month later) were taken. Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to analyze data.

The results showed that group training, increased self-esteem and intimacy attitude and its component (mental attitude and emotional attitude) and decreased depression (р≤0.01), also there was no significant difference between post-test and follow-up in training group. It shows the sustainability of these effects.

Transactional Analysis group training can effectively increase intimacy attitudes and self-esteem and decrease depression in disabled by recognizing existential values and improving interpersonal communication.