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Salehian N, Moradi F. The Effect of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) on the Social Adjustment of Patients with Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). JNIP 2023; 15 (19) :1-15
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Master of Clinical Psychology, Semnan Azad University, 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 the "social adjustment" of patients suffering from histrionic personality disorder (HPD). 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 current study consists of all adult women suffering from histrionic personality disorder in Semnan city. 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 Adjustment Scale" were used to collect information. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measurements) and SPSS-26 statistical software were used for data analysis. Findings: Examining the average difference in social adjustment between the experimental group (intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy) and the control group 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 adaptation of patients with histrionic personality disorder. In explaining this finding, it should be said that in short-term intensive psychodynamic therapy (ISTDP), clients talk about different topics and the therapist hears different topics, listening to find specific and important elements in understanding the clients helps us. Psychodynamic group therapy approach with Emphasizing the behaviors, thoughts, emotions and conflicts that people have in their current interpersonal conditions reduces the anxiety and stress of the person and a significant change in the social adaptation of the person occurs.
Keywords: Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Social Adjustment, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Dramatic Personality Disorder
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Received: 2023/02/19 | Accepted: 2023/03/1 | Published: 2023/03/1
Received: 2023/02/19 | Accepted: 2023/03/1 | Published: 2023/03/1
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