The Effect of Islamic Multi-dimensional Therapy on Student's Depression and Self-esteem

The present paper investigates the effect of the Islamic multi-dimensional group therapy on the student's depression and self-esteem. 500 students answered Beck's questionnaire on depression and Eysenck's questionnaire concerning self-esteem. Then, 60 students having high depression and low self-esteem were randomly divided into two grouping; experimental and a control (30 students each). The data were analyzed by such statistical indexes like MANCOVA (multivariate analysis of covariance). The results show that the use of Islamic multi-dimensional group therapy can be influential in decreasing student's depression and in increasing their selfesteem.The research data were analyzed by MANCOVA (multivariate analysis of covariance). The research findings show that, when compared with the control group, the Islamic group multi-dimensional therapy was found influential in decreasing the depression of the experimental group and in increasing its self-esteem.