Effectiveness of Existential Group Psychotherapy on Psychological Well-Being and Distress Tolerance of Physical-Motor Disabled

People with disabilities, in terms of their position, are one of the society groups who are in greatest need of support. Because disability affects people health and psychological well-being, for most of them coping with this condition are difficult. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of existential group psychotherapy on psychological well-being and distress tolerance of physical-motor disabled.
Method of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and a control group. Statistical population of this study was all physical-motor disabled people in region two of Tehran, in 2015. Among whom sixty clients of Raad physical-motor disabled rehabilitation center who were willing to cooperate, selected and randomly assigned to two groups(experimental and control groups; thirty persons each), as the accessible sample. The experimental group received eight sessions(ninety minutes each) but the control group received none. As pretest and posttest, Well-being scale(1989) and Simons and Gohler distress tolerance questionnaires were administered to both groups. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance by SPSS20 software.
Results showed that there was significant difference between two groups in distress tolerance;(P Regarded to results of this research; it's suggested that counselors, therapists, and clinical psychologist could use existential group psychotherapy method; to improve psychological well-being and distress tolerance of physical-motor disabled.