Effectiveness of Memory Specificity Training (MEST) on Resilience and Depression in Depressed Female

Document Type : 78

Authors

• Marjan Nohroozian ¹
• Elham Foroozandeh ²

¹ 1. M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan(Khorasgan)Branch, Isfahan, Iran

² Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Naein Branch, Naien, Iran. *(Corresponding Author): [e-mail], [e-mail]

Abstract

Background and Objective: The purpose of this study was investigated the effect of autobiographical Memory Specificity Training (MEST) on depression of depressed girls.
Method: This study was semi experimental by pretest and post-test and follow-up with control group. For this purpose 24 inpatients, randomly assigned to two groups: experimental and control. These individuals were investigated by using Beck Depression Inventory (1996,BDI-II) and Connor and Davidson Resilience test (2003,CD-RISC) and after implementation of MEST on experimental group during 6 session both groups were studied by mentioned measurements tools. After the end of intervention, as follow-up the results, after 3 weeks was taken an exam from 2 groups again.
Results: the results showed that depression scores for experimental group was significantly lower than control groups (p<0/05), resilience scores wasn`t significant (p>0/05).
Conclusion: As previous studies have demonstrated that MEST is effective in reducing depressive symptoms, the results of this study show that the enhancing of autobiographical memory specificity help to improve depressive symptoms.
 

Keywords

• Depression
• Memory specificity training (MEST)
• resilience

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