Effectiveness of the Self-Differentiation Training in Reducing the Degree of Anxiety in the Children of Divorced Parents

This study was conducted to assess the influence of the self-differentiation training on the reduction of the degree of anxiety in girl students of divorced parents. Population of the study incorporated high school girl students of divorces parents in 6th district of Tehran city. Considering this, of the high schools of the 6th district of Tehran city, a school was selected randomly and a list of its students with divorced parents was provided. Then, 16 students were selected randomly and were put into two groups of eight and completed Cattle anxiety inventory and self-differentiation questionnaire. Then, 45-minutes sessions (two sessions in one week) was performed in the experimental group. In this study, pretest, posttest with control group design was used and the data was analyzed through multivariable analysis of variance. Results of the study showed that self-differentiation training was effective in the reduction of the anxiety of students with divorce parents with 95 percent of assurance. Based on the results of the study, it is suggested to the counselors and psychologists to use the group self-differentiation training as a useful method for the treatment of students’ anxiety.