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Salehian N, Moradi S. The effect of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on the social adjustment of patients with antisocial personality disorder. JNIP 2022; 14 (18) :1-13
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Master's student in clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Semnan branch, Semnan, Iran.
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Introduction: Social adaptation includes the effective interaction of a person with the living environment, and its signs are having positive feelings about oneself, participating in social activities, enjoying communication with others, feeling relaxed in unfamiliar situations, having positive feelings about others, and the ability to influence others. . Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of "short-term intensive dynamic psychotherapy" on "social adjustment" of patients with antisocial personality disorder.
Methodology: The present study is a randomized controlled trial using a pre-test-post-test design with a control group having the usual care of a standard study. The statistical population of the present study consists of all men aged 19-45 with antisocial personality disorder, prisoners of Semnan prison. Among these people, according to similar research, 16 people were selected according to the available method and were replaced by random number generation method in two intervention and control groups. Milon 3 Multiaxial Scale and Social Adaptation Scale were used to collect information. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measurements) and SPSS-19 statistical software were used for data analysis.
Findings: Examining the difference between the average social adjustment of the experimental group (intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy) and the control indicates that by removing the effect of pre-tests, between both groups in social adjustment (P < 0.001, F 34.01 =), there is a significant difference.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) is effective in increasing the social adjustment of patients with antisocial personality disorder. In explaining this finding, it should be said that in short-term psychodynamics, the clients talk about various topics and the therapist hears various topics, listening helps us to find specific and important elements in understanding the clients. Psychodynamic group therapy approach with emphasis on behaviors The thoughts, emotions and conflicts that people have in their current interpersonal conditions reduce the anxiety and stress of a person.
 
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2022/11/24 | Accepted: 2022/12/6 | Published: 2022/12/6

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