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The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Training on the Components of Psychological Capital (Self-efficacy, Optimism, Hope and Resilience) in Female Students with Suicidal Thoughts
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Mahbobeh Parvardeh   , Mohammad Abasi , Ezatolah Gadampour |
| Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran , abasi.mo@lu.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Students are one of the groups at risk of despair and suicidal thoughts. Early detection of suicidal thoughts is essential and necessary. One of the most important effective factors in reducing suicidal thoughts and attempts is the components of psychological capital (self-efficacy, optimism, hope, and resilience) of people. Despite the research conducted on the effectiveness of psychological capital on mental health, there is a research gap on students with suicidal thoughts.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group training on the components of psychological capital (self-efficacy, optimism, hope, resilience) in female students with suicidal thoughts.
Methods: This research was conducted as a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research included all female students of the second secondary school in Khorramabad city in the academic year 1402-1403. The statistical sample consisted of 30 people who were selected from 3 schools out of all second secondary girls' schools by a multi-stage cluster random sampling method and were randomly placed in experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). All participants completed Beck et al.'s (1979) suicidal ideation questionnaire for screening and McGee's psychological capital questionnaire (2011) as a pre-test. In the following, the subjects of the experimental groups received interventions based on cognitive-behavioral training by Brian and Rad (2018) for 10 sessions of 90 minutes, one session per week. After the end of the educational intervention, the members of the experimental and control groups completed the psychological capital questionnaire as a post-test.
Results: The cognitive-behavioral group training had a significant effect on increasing psychological capital components (self-efficacy, hope, resilience, and optimism) (p<0.01). Also, the results of univariate covariance analysis showed that cognitive-behavioral group training had a significant effect on psychological capital components (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the research, it seems that the training used can be used as an effective intervention to improve the psychological capital of female students to reduce suicidal thoughts. |
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| Keywords: cognitive-behavioral group training, psychological capital, suicidal thoughts |
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Received: 2024/09/30 | Accepted: 2025/06/30 | Published: 2025/08/1
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