The effect of group logo - therapy on loneliness in retired men

In this research the effectiveness of group logo - therapy on loneliness in retired men of the retirement center of Mamasani was investigated. The subjects were all the retired men who were registered as the members of this center. The sample included 40 persons who were randomly selected from among the volunteers whose scores were one standard deviation lower than the mean. They were divided into two groups: The control group and the experimental group. The instrument which was used in this study was the Revised Loneliness Scale (UCLA). The research design was an experimental design which had a pretest، post test and follow up with a control group. After random assignment of the subjects to the control and experimental groups، the experimental treatment (group logo - therapy) was conducted for ten session (each session ninety minutes and once a week). After treatment post tests were given to both groups. In order to analyze the data the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. The results showed that logo therapy decreaseed loneliness of the experimental group in comparison to the control group) P<. 05 (