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Art therapy is a unique and magical psychological treatment method with a particularly significant therapeutic effect on patients with mental illness. Under the pressure of employment and life, many students may experience psychological problems to some extent. And the psychological development of educational teaching methods is the future academic development trend. The research focuses on the music curriculum system, combining it with educational psychology theory to explore teaching paths and teaching courses with drug therapy to assist in treatment.
Subjects and Methods
The study selected 200 college students with borderline disorders and personality split as the subjects and divided them into experimental and control groups. The control group received traditional medication treatment and received routine music education. Based on the control group, the experimental group reformed the music teaching curriculum system to assist in therapy. The treatment cycle is 16 weeks.
Results
The study used the Personality Diagnosis Questionnaire (PDQ-4+) as an evaluation tool and processed the data using SPSS23.0 software. The results showed no statistically significant difference in the baseline PDQ-4+edge subscale scores between the two groups of patients before intervention (P>0.05). After intervention treatment, the marginal symptoms of both groups of patients were improved, and the improvement effect of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusions
Considering the path reform of educational psychology in the construction of the music curriculum system and incorporating it into the treatment of students with borderline personality and personality split can effectively alleviate their symptoms.
Painting therapy uses nonverbal tools to meet the psychological needs of painters, with emotional, visual, and motivational characteristics. Integrating painting therapy into the teaching of folk art creation enriches students’ emotional experience, effectively alleviates their tense psychology, increases their confidence in innovation, and promotes their healthy psychological development.
Subjects and Methods
The study selected 90 patients with depression who were in the recovery stage and were treated at our psychological clinic from January 2022 to December 2022. Randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. The control group received medication and routine care, while the experimental group received folk art creation and painting therapy on top of the control group. The treatment period for both groups is three months. After treatment, patients will be followed up to assess their depressive symptoms.
Results
The study used the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Social Deficiency Screening Scale (SDSS) as evaluation criteria. Use SPSS23.0 software for data statistics. The results showed a significant score difference between the two groups after treatment (P<0.05). The experimental group continued to show a significant decrease (P<0.05) after six months and one year of follow-up, while the control group showed no significant decrease (P>0.05).
Conclusions
Relying solely on medication treatment and rest is difficult for patients with depression to recover, while painting therapy can effectively alleviate their depressive symptoms and improve their daily life.
Acknowledgement
The program of Sichuan Key Research Base of Social Sciences and Cultural Industry Development Research Center, Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education Office of Sichuan Province (No. WHCY2023B14); Program of Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences, Education Office of Sichuan Province and China Salt Culture Research Center, Sichuan Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences (No. YWHY23-07); Teaching reform of Sichuan University of Science& Engineering (No. JG-2354).
Childhood autism is a severe and widespread disorder characterized by social interaction disorders, speech development disorders, and language communication deficits accompanied by stereotypical behavior. The growth of children with autism requires guidance, and video images greatly appeal to children due to their rich content and images. The video has brought about changes in popular culture and can spread positive influences and values.
Subjects and Methods
The study selected 90 children with autism in our hospital and randomly divided them into experimental and control groups. The control group received conventional treatment, while the experimental group received auxiliary treatment guided by imaging and video based on the control group to alleviate symptoms of autism in children. The treatment lasted for 16 weeks, and after the end of the treatment, the symptoms of autism in both groups of patients were evaluated and analyzed.
Results
The study used SPSS23.0 software to analyze data statistically, and the results showed that the experimental group that applied image dissemination to adjuvant treatment for autism patients had a significant increase in indicators such as social communication, cognitive ability, and emotional understanding ability after treatment (P<0.05). After the intervention, the control and experimental groups showed a decrease in the values of various indicators, with the experimental group showing a more significant decrease (P<0.05).
Conclusions
The method of image dissemination has a specific guiding effect. In treating students with autism, this method can effectively alleviate children’s symptoms and provide new ideas for treating autism.
Mindfulness training helps employees better cope with work and life stress by enhancing individual attention and self-awareness. At the same time, mindfulness training can help employees accept and tolerate their emotions and experiences, improve their self-efficacy and self-acceptance ability, and thus reduce anxiety.
Subjects and Methods
A survey was conducted on 20 employees of a listed company in a specific city, and 20 questionnaires were collected, including 13 males and seven females. There were 6 cases with obvious anxiety symptoms, ten subjects with mild anxiety, and four without anxiety symptoms. Sixteen employees with anxiety symptoms were selected as the experimental group and received psychological intervention treatment using mindfulness training. Three months later, they were re-evaluated using the Anxiety Self Rating Scale. The effectiveness of the intervention treatment was statistically analyzed using SPSS23.0 software.
Results
After treatment, the experimental group of employees showed significant improvement in anxiety levels, with six recovered, eight significantly improved, and two not recovered. There was a statistically significant difference between the control and patient groups, with P values less than 0.05.
Conclusions
The overall education level of the company’s employees is relatively high, accompanied by work pressure, interpersonal relationships, and family relationships, leading to anxiety symptoms among employees. Mindfulness training can improve employees’ emotional regulation and coping abilities and promote positive emotions and psychological states.
Acknowledgement
Social Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No.HB22GL037); New Liberal Arts Research and Reform Practice Project of the Ministry of Education (No.2021120010); National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.71862013).
In response to the escalating mental health concerns among college students and the evolving societal landscape, the purview of ideological and political education has expanded beyond ideological instruction to encompass the nurturing of positive psychology. This study aimed to investigate the effects of innovative reforms in ideological and political education on college students’ positive psychology.
Subjects and Methods
A cohort of 100 students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, were selected from a specific university. The distribution comprised 30 freshmen, 20 sophomores, 30 juniors, and 20 seniors, including 60 male and 40 female students. Self-made psychological crisis assessment questionnaires were employed, revealing that 5 students experienced severe psychological crises, 5 faced moderate crises, 10 exhibited mild crises, and 80 reported a favorable mental state. The students received bi-weekly ideological and political education sessions over a span of six months. The impact of the intervention was assessed through statistical analysis using SPSS23.0 based on the questionnaire results.
Results
The psychological crisis has generally improved, with 10 people feeling good and 10 people feeling mild psychological crisis. There was no statistically significant correlation between students’ family situation and scores. The P-values of questionnaire scores before and after intervention treatment were all less than 0.01, which was statistically significant.
Conclusions
The innovation of ideological and political education has a positive promoting effect on the mental health of college students through the education of psychological knowledge and psychological counseling.
Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental disorder characterized by extreme food restriction and excessive demands for weight and appearance. Music therapy can help individuals relax both physically and mentally through methods such as music appreciation and music therapy. The University Union can provide various forms of health management services, offer rehabilitation support for anorexia, and enhance the positive psychology of faculty and staff.
Subjects and Methods
150 faculty members aged between 25 and 50 in a certain university were selected, including 40 males and 110 females. According to the results of the Anorexia Self Test Scale, 20 people showed symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Among them, there are 18 people aged 25-29, 2 people aged 30-35, 3 males, and 17 females. Music therapy is used to treat patients, and psychological counseling from university unions is arranged twice a week. Six months later, the results of the Anorexia Self Test Scale were analyzed again using SPSS3.0 software.
Results
After six months of treatment, 8 out of 20 patients recovered, 10 of them achieved significant improvement, and 2 of them achieved minor improvement. The P-value of the score data before and after treatment is less than 0.05, and the difference is statistically significant.
Conclusions
Through the application of music therapy and the health management services of university unions, more comprehensive and diverse measures can be provided to alleviate anorexia, promoting the psychological health and positive psychological development of faculty and staff.
The treatment of depression is mainly to eliminate and improve the symptoms of patients. At present, there are a variety of clinical antidepressants for the treatment of depression, however, there are still some patients with no significant therapeutic effect. When the effect of antidepressants alone is not satisfactory for patients with refractory depression, synergistic therapy can be considered, which is atypical antipsychotics being used as synergists in combination with antidepressants. Based on this background, this project conducted relevant research on patients with depression as research samples.
Subjects and Methods
The control group was given paroxetine tablets at a dose of 20 mg/d as prescribed by the doctor, and the dose was increased to 30 mg/d after 1 week. On the basis of the control group, the study group was given atypical antipsychotic olanzapine tablets at a dose of 5 mg/d as prescribed by the doctor. The score of depression degree was represented by the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) score. The score of life quality was referred to the brief form of Health survey (SF-36 scale). SPSS20.0 software was used for statistical processing of various indicators of the 2 groups.
Results
After treatment, HAMD scores decreased and SF-36 scores increased in the study group and control group, and HAMD scores and SF-36 scores in the study group were significantly better than those in the control group after treatment (P < 0.05).
Conclusions
Antidepressant drugs (paroxetine tablets) combined with atypical antipsychotic drugs (olanzapine tablets) are effective in the treatment of depression, and can effectively improve the quality of life of patients.
Acknowledgement
2019 Teaching Reform Research Project of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (No. 193144); Chongqing Educational Science Planning Project (No. 2019-GX-352).
The integration of intelligent logistics models in rural e-commerce has significantly enhanced the convenience of online shopping for consumers and has concurrently bolstered the sales volume of e-commerce platforms. However, the proliferation of excessive shopping behaviors, potentially indicative of consumer mania, raises concerns. Mania is a psychological vulnerability often triggered by anxiety. This study aims to investigate the influence of the intelligent logistics model in rural e-commerce on consumer mania.
Subjects and Methods
The study involved 80 consumers from rural areas within a specific province, selected based on statistically significant variations in their online shopping habits. The participants were divided equally into an experimental group and a control group. Prior to and post the three-month experiment, both groups were assessed using the SCL-90 self-test scale. During the experiment, the control group employed traditional logistics distribution, while the experimental group utilized intelligent logistics distribution.
Results
Significant differences were observed in the scores of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, anxiety, hostility, and terror disorder before and after the experiment (P<0.01). Moreover, two factors, namely interpersonal relationships, and paranoia, exhibited significant differences (P<0.05). Notably, there was no considerable difference in somatization symptoms and psychiatric symptoms (P>0.05).
Conclusions
Intelligent innovative logistics mode will have an impact on consumers’ mania. Convenient online shopping logistics mode not only aggravates consumers’ excessive shopping behavior but also aggravates consumers’ anxiety and mania.
Acknowledgement
The Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. CXZZ13-0709).
Teacher anxiety disorder refers to teachers’ frequent anxiety and related symptoms, which may seriously affect their teaching work and quality of life if not managed and treated in a timely and effective manner. Therefore, it reminds us that the research on building identity psychology in foreign language teachers’ cooperative teams is very important for the treatment of teacher anxiety.
Objects and Methods
80 teachers who participated in the cooperative team of foreign language teachers were selected as the research objects. The anxiety symptoms of the teachers were assessed by the Stanford Acute Stress Response Questionnaire and the 3-minute Disorder Assessment Scale. In addition, SPSS 23.0 was used for data analysis, and correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used.
Results
The results showed that there was a significant correlation between teachers’ cooperative team identity and their anxiety disorder (correlation coefficient -0.45, P<0.01). Teachers showed lower anxiety symptoms in cooperative teams with higher levels of identity psychology. Multiple regression analysis showed that identity psychology was a significant factor in predicting teacher anxiety (β=-0.35, P<0.05), and the significance level was higher than other control variables.
Conclusions
The research shows that improving the level of cooperative team identity can reduce the anxiety symptoms of foreign language teachers and improve their job satisfaction and teaching effect. In the practice of foreign language education, we should pay attention to strengthening and building cooperative team identity and cultivating positive identity psychology to promote the development and growth of teachers and students.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has caused a huge impact on the global society, and people with mental disorders are facing greater psychological pressure and health risks. In this context, the construction of a governance system in grassroots communities plays an important role in maintaining the mental health of patients with mental disorders.
Subjects and Methods
The study focused on patients with mental disorders, used mixed research methods, and combined qualitative and quantitative data. In the qualitative part, the influence mechanism and practical experience of community governance system construction on patients with mental disorders are explored through interviewing grassroots community staff, mental health experts, and patients with mental disorders. The quantitative part of the questionnaire survey collected the community governance system construction and the mental health of patients with mental disorders related data. The statistical software is used for data analysis, including descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis.
Results
The study showed that there was a significant positive correlation between the construction of a grassroots community governance system and the mental health of patients with mental disorders (correlation coefficient was 0.45, P<0.01). The comprehensive service capacity and allocation of mental health resources in the community have an important impact on the psychological support and rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders.
Conclusions
The study found that the construction of a community governance system can provide more psychological support and rehabilitation resources to help patients with mental disorders better cope with the psychological pressure brought by the epidemic.
Acknowledgement
In 2020, Simulation Mediation and Processing of Civil Disputes (VR) (No. 501), the third-class practical project of the integration of industry and education in Zhejiang Province; Ideological and Political Demonstration course construction project of university-level courses of Zhejiang Police College in 2021 (No. 20210205); Civil Law II, the university-level ideological and political demonstration course of Zhejiang Police College in 2021 (No. 6); the general planning project of Zhejiang Provincial Education Science Planning in 2022 (universities) (No. 2022SCG320).
Social anxiety disorder causes people to worry and fear excessively about social situations, which may lead to negative consequences such as emotional distress and social isolation. To improve this problem, some scholars have organically combined conditional reinforcement psychotherapy with an e-commerce intelligent innovation model. This study will explore the impact of this convergence model on consumers with social anxiety disorder.
Subjects and Methods
100 consumers with social anxiety disorder were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group received an e-commerce intelligent innovation model combined with conditional intensive psychotherapy, and the control group received conventional psychotherapy. The Social Anxiety Self-rating Scale and Social Cognition and Emotion questionnaire were used to evaluate. SPSS23.0 was used for correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis.
Results
The experimental group showed significant differences in the reduction of social anxiety symptoms and the improvement of social cognition and emotion compared with the control group (P<0.05). The results of the correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between e-commerce intelligent innovation mode and conditional reinforcement psychotherapy and social anxiety symptoms (correlation coefficient was 0.35, P<0.05).
Conclusions
The e-commerce intelligent innovation model combined with conditional reinforcement psychotherapy has a significant impact on consumers with social anxiety disorder. The application of this model can effectively reduce the symptoms of social anxiety and improve social cognition and emotion. It shows that the electronic commerce intelligent innovation model has important practical significance in psychotherapy.
Preschool autistic children represent an important part of preschool education, so we need to create a good material and psychological environment for them. In the preschool education environment, special attention has been focused on the physical and mental health, interests, hobbies, and interpersonal skills training of children with autism. Research has adopted interactive games and behavioral skills training to assist in treating autistic children in preschool education.
Subjects and Methods
Firstly, 8 children diagnosed with autism were selected from a certain kindergarten. These children were evenly distributed across two regular classrooms, with 4 students in each class, and interacted with ordinary children. Next, they were divided into a control group and an experimental group, both of which were ordinary children aged 5-6 years old. Intervention training was conducted to compare the scores of children with autism in various dimensions. Finally, SPSS23.0 was used for data analysis and t-test.
Results
The evaluation of recognition and understanding of children with autism in the control group before and after intervention was t=-0.41, P>0.05, and t=-0.44, P>0.05, respectively, with no statistical significance. The evaluation of the experimental group before and after intervention were t=15.41, P<0.05, and t=69.41, P<0.001, respectively, with statistical significance. Prove the feasibility of intervention training effectiveness.
Conclusions
Interactive training interventions for preschool children with autism are of great help to their physical and mental health and provide strategic solutions for interactive training and skill training for preschool children to promote harmonious coexistence with ordinary children.
Anxiety disorder among college students is currently the main psychological problem, which seriously affects physical and mental health and even leads to the occurrence of adverse events. The anxiety of college students is in the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, and the main factors that cause anxiety mainly come from three pressures family, school, and society. This study aims to explore intervention and treatment plans for anxiety disorders in college students.
Subjects and Methods
Firstly, 1745 freshmen were selected from a certain university and are familiar with the basic situation of the survey. Secondly, a regression model for anxiety risk was established using multivariate logistic regression analysis. The model was divided into male and female groups and regression analysis was conducted on the growth environment, an only child, parental marital status, and childhood abuse. Finally, SPSS23.0 was used for data analysis and t-test.
Results
The logistic regression analysis of anxiety-related factors showed that the analysis results of growth environment, only child status, and parental marital status were all P>0.05, with no statistical significance. The analysis result of the positive answer in childhood abuse experiences is P<0.001, which is statistically significant. Indicating that childhood abuse is an important factor for anxiety risk.
Conclusions
Early attention and assistance are needed for the discovery, prevention, and treatment of anxiety disorders in college students. On the one hand, parents need to pay attention and avoid childhood abuse, and on the other hand, college education also provides understanding and early intervention in students’ basic situation.
Patients with cognitive impairment have great inconvenience in their cognitive, recognition, and activity abilities, specifically manifested in memory disorders, attention disorders, perception disorders, and learning disabilities, which greatly hinder their communication, communication, and life activity abilities. The use of actively oriented intervention treatment methods in research has an improved effect on patients.
Subjects and Methods
Firstly, 48 patients with cognitive impairment in a certain hospital were selected and randomly divided into a control group of 24 cases and an experimental group of 24 cases. Secondly, medication treatment, nursing, and rehabilitation treatment were taken, and the experimental group was supplemented with music therapy and the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (LOTCA). The trial lasted for 8 weeks. Finally, SPSS23.0 was used for data analysis and t-test.
Results
There was no significant difference in basic information and cognitive impairment between the two groups before intervention (P>0.05). After 8 weeks of intervention treatment, the total LOTCA score of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group (P<0.001). The results showed that cognitive impairment improved after rehabilitation treatment, and there was a lack of time observation intervention for subsequent life cognition and motor function.
Conclusions
The use of music therapy as an adjunctive therapy in research has significantly improved the condition of patients with cognitive impairment but has not significantly improved their life skills, motor function, etc. The research sample still has limitations and the intervention time is short. Further research is needed to follow up and explore treatment methods, treatment time, and other aspects.
Acknowledgement
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Graduate Research Innovation (No.202311106).
Anxiety disorder is a common psychological problem among college students, which seriously affects their study and life quality. As a special cultural background, the influence of mathematics culture on the anxiety disorder of college students has not been fully studied.
Subjects and Methods
The study tries to integrate mathematics culture based on educational psychology to explore its effect on the prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders in college students. The experiment included 50 college students with anxiety disorder, half of whom were the experimental group of college students receiving educational psychology and mathematical culture treatment, and the other half were the control group of college students receiving general educational psychology rehabilitation treatment. Both groups of students were treated together for one semester in the same environment. After the deadline, anxiety items in the Stanford Acute Stress Response Questionnaire (SASRQ) were measured, and the higher the score, the more severe the anxiety symptoms.
Results
The experimental results showed that after some time, the anxiety patients in the experimental group decreased from 25 to 8, the anxiety symptoms were effectively controlled, and the comprehensive score was 8.5 points. In the control group, there were still 18 students with anxiety, only 7 patients were reduced, the treatment effect was not good, and the comprehensive score was 15.8 points.
Conclusions
The mathematical cultural education based on educational psychology proposed in this study has a positive effect on the anxiety disorder of college students. It timely adjusts the students’ attitude toward mathematics learning and reduces the degree of anxiety disorder of college students.
Bipolar depression is an important part of college students’ mental health problems. As an important part of the school curriculum system, the improvement of its teaching methods and contents has an important impact on students’ mental health. From the perspective of educational psychology, the integration of curriculum ideology and politics with college physical education is expected to play an important role in the relief of bipolar depression.
Subjects and Methods
The experiment selected 50 college students in a physical education course as the research object, half of them as the experimental group, received the physical education course treatment under the mode of educational psychology for half a year, and the other half as the control group, received the physical education course treatment with the ideological and political integration of educational psychology course for half a year. After the course, the Stanford Acute Stress Response Questionnaire (SASRQ) was used for feedback. The higher the score, the more serious the bipolar depression was.
Results
The students in the experimental group had a more positive attitude, and their physical exercise was also strengthened, with a low feedback score of about 8. In the control group, the remission effect of bipolar depression was not obvious, the learning enthusiasm was not high, and the feedback score was 15 points.
Conclusions
The integration of educational psychology curriculum thinking and politics in college physical education teaching has a positive effect on the alleviation of students’ depression and also provides an important reference for the improvement of college physical education teaching.
Acknowledgement
The research is supported by: 2023 Zhongshan Vocational and Technical College Scientific Research Project, Design and Development of a Physical Health Management System for College Students (No. KYB2319).
With the rapid development of society and the acceleration of people’s pace of life, the mental pressure of college students is increasing day by day, and bipolar disorder has become an important health problem they face. Traditional music education is regarded as an effective means of psychotherapy, which can alleviate emotional disorders. However, the current research on traditional music education in alleviating college students with bipolar disorder is still in the development stage, so this study attempts to explore the alleviating effect of traditional music education on college students with bipolar disorder.
Subjects and Methods
The study designed an experimental group to receive a six-month course of traditional music education and a control group to receive a six-month course of traditional psychotherapy. SPSS23.0 software was used for the correlation test, and P<0.05 indicated that the difference was statistically significant. Both groups of students were tested before and after, and their changes in several aspects were analyzed.
Results
The experimental group showed significant improvement in the alleviation of affective disorder, the improvement of self-adjustment ability, and the alleviation of anxiety and depression symptoms, and the difference was significant (P<0.05). However, the improvement of the control group was relatively low, and there were still some difficulties in emotional expression and social ability.
Conclusions
Traditional music education has a remarkable effect on alleviating bipolar disorder in college students, and it has a better effect than traditional psychotherapy. At the same time, it is of great significance to popularize and apply traditional music education in the field of college students’ mental health.
College students are among the high-risk population for autism, making it crucial to explore effective intervention methods for their development. This study aims to provide effective intervention strategies and support through innovative ideological and political education for college students with autism.
Participants and Methods
The study included 100 college students with autism who received innovative ideological and political education as the experimental group, and another 100 college students with autism as the control group. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) was used to evaluate both groups, and the innovative ideological and political education intervention was conducted. The intervention consisted of 4 cycles as one treatment course with 5 days in one cycle. Autism scores were tested for both groups at each cycle until three treatment courses were completed.
Results
After one treatment course, the average scores for the experimental and control groups were 74 and 73, respectively. After three treatment courses, the average scores were 58 and 72 for the experimental and control groups, respectively. The experimental group showed significant improvement in autism symptoms and enhanced social and communication abilities after receiving the innovative ideological and political education intervention. There were no significant changes in autism symptoms and social abilities in the control group.
Conclusions
Innovative ideological and political education has a positive intervention effect on autism among college students. These research findings provide evidence-based intervention methods and support for college students with autism, helping them better integrate into social environments and develop their potential.
Consumer social anxiety disorder is a common psychological problem that affects consumers’ social behavior and purchase decisions, and in severe cases, affects patients’ social circle and quality of life. This research is to study the effects of cultural and creative design and visual communication strategies on consumer social anxiety disorder from the perspective of design psychology and to provide effective intervention tools and strategies.
Subjects and Methods
200 consumers with social anxiety disorder were selected as the experimental group, and another 200 consumers with anxiety were selected as the control group. Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale was used to evaluate the two groups. In each cycle, the two groups of consumers were tested for social anxiety disorder scores until the end of three courses.
Results
The mean scores of the experimental and control groups were 18 and 17, respectively, after one course of treatment and 13 and 18 after three courses. After receiving the intervention of cultural and creative design and visual communication, the anxiety level was significantly reduced, the social ability was improved, and the performance in daily social scenes was more confident. However, anxiety levels and sociability did not change significantly in the control group.
Conclusions
Creative design and visual communication strategies based on the perspective of design psychology have a positive impact on consumer social anxiety disorder. It provides directions for the provision of effective intervention strategies and tools, offering an important theoretical and practical value for the design industry and psychological therapy.
Households in poverty often face psychological stress and anxiety disorders, which affect their poverty alleviation outcomes and quality of life. Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is an effective psychological intervention that helps individuals regulate emotions and cope with stress. This study aims to investigate the impact of EFT on anxiety disorders and provide effective intervention methods and support.
Participants and Methods
100 impoverished households with anxiety disorders were selected as the experimental group for EFT and another 100 with the same situation as control group. The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to evaluate both groups, along with the application of EFT. Each treatment cycle consisted of 10 sessions, and three cycles constituted one treatment course. Depression scores were assessed for both groups at the end of each cycle until four treatment courses were completed.
Results
After one treatment course, the average scores for the experimental and control groups were 52 and 53, respectively. After three treatment courses, the average scores were 43 and 52 for the experimental and control groups, respectively. After the intervention of EFT, the experimental group showed a significant reduction in anxiety levels, improved emotional regulation, and alleviation of psychological stress during the poverty alleviation process. There were no significant changes in anxiety levels for the control group.
Conclusions
EFT has a positive impact on anxiety disorders during the poverty alleviation process for rural households. These research findings provide a basis for effective intervention measures and support for rural households, enabling them to better cope with psychological distress and challenges during the poverty alleviation process.