The effects of Rational-Emotive Group therapy on improving irrational belief and depression symptoms of OPD Depression patients

理情團體治療對改善門診憂鬱症患者非理性信念及憂鬱症狀之成效探討

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中文摘要

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本研究目的為驗證理情團體治療模式對改善門診憂鬱症患者非理性思 考模式及憂鬱症狀之成效，並建構一套適用於門診憂鬱症患者的理情 團體課程。由研究者任團體治療師，以中部某醫學中心門診憂鬱症患 者為樣本，實驗組 7 人、控制組 8 人，於 92 年 2 月至 5 月實驗組成 員參與十次理情團體治療，兩組成員皆接受貝氏憂鬱量表、成人理性 量表及情緒穩定量表等工具之前後測。所得資料以 SAS 和 SPSS 統計 軟體進行無母數分析，結果顯示非理性信念與憂鬱程度、情緒穩定度 皆呈顯著正相關，實驗組在團體治療前後於非理性信念、憂鬱症狀並 無差異，但於情緒穩定度有顯著改善，實驗組比控制組在憂鬱症狀、

情緒穩定度有顯著改善，非理性信念雖無差異，但在分量表「讚許」

上有顯著差異。研究成果可作為臨床實務工作者之參考，進而設計適 用門診憂鬱症患者之治療模式。

The effects of Rational-Emotive Group therapy on improving irrational belief and depression symptoms of OPD Depression patients

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英文摘要

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The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of rational emotive group therape utic model to improve the irrational belief and depressive symptoms in the outpatie nts who are with depressive disorders, and to make a program of rational emotive g roup therapy to apply in clinics. The role of researcher in this program is the group therapist. This research enrolled the depressive disorder cases from a medical cente r in central Taiwan, study group 7 persons, and control group 8 persons. The memb ers of study group attended ten times of rational emotive group therapy. Beck Depr ession Inventory, Rational Beliefs Inventory and Emotional Stability Inventory wer e applied in both study and control groups. The data were analyzed by SAS static s oftware with nonparametric statistical methods. The results reveal that irrational bel ieves, the severity of depression and the emotional stability of mood are correlated.

After taking the programs, the study group had notable improvement in emotional s

tability, but irrational believes and depressive symptoms. To compare the collecting

data between two groups, the study group got more improvement in depressive sym

ptoms and emotional stability. There are no remarkable differences in irrational beli

ef inventory but it is significant in the subscale - Approval Need. These results coul

d be applied in clinic works for depressive disorder cases.