Comparison of The Effectiveness of Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy and Self-Encouragement Therapy on Psychological Well-Being in People with Psychosomatic Skin

The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy and Self-Encouragement Therapy on Psychological Well-Being in people with psychosomatic skin.

The research method was quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population included people with psychosomatic skin in fall 2019. 45 people were selected by purposive sampling method, they were assigned to two experimental groups and one control group by randomly (each group consisting of 15 people). Participated in group Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy (Salimi, 2011) in 12 sessions and Self-Encouragement Therapy (Shoenaker, 1980) in 10 sessions, and control group was not under any intervention. Data were collected based on the standard questionnaire of Psychological Well-Being (Riff, 1989) Data were analyzed using one-variable covariance analysis and SPSS21 software.

Results indicated that the Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction and Self-Encouragement methods have been effective on improving Psychological Well-Being in the posttest stage (p < 0.05). Findings affirmed that the effectiveness of Self-Encouragement on improving Psychological Well-Being was greater.

Following the development of psychosomatic skin, people experience decrease in Psychological Well-Being, and Semantic Cognitive Reconstruction Therapy and Self-Encouragement Therapy are effective in increasing Psychological Well-Being on patients with psychosomatic skin.