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Maryam Talebi ¹, Roghieh Nooripour ²

Affiliations
1 Family Therapy, Family Institute Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, Iran, IR
2 Family Counseling Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, Iran, IR

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group counseling based on cognitive-behavioral on mental health in gifted students. In this study, The population consisted of all mal gifted high school students' in babol city, 24 students were randomly selected and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) tested, Then randomly divided into two groups (n=12) and controls (n=12). Group counseling based on cognitive-behavioral during 8 sessions, each sessions 2 hour for test group were presented. Data analysis was done through the independent, dependent t-test and analysis of covariance. comparison of the results of tests on the pre-test and post-test showed group counseling based on cognitive-behavioral significantly increase mental health components students in the experimental group compared with the control group. As a result, group counseling based on cognitive-behavioral can be used as an effective intervention to increased the mental health of gifted students by counselors and psychotherapists.

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Maryam Talebi ¹, Afsaneh Darabi ², Hasan Rezai ³, Yaghub Gharloghi ⁴, Ahmad Aramoun ⁵, Seyed Ahmad Hal Ataee ⁶

Affiliations
1 Family Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, IR
2 Clinical Psychology Allameh Tabataba'i University, IR
3 Payam Noor University, IR
4 Educational Science Allameh Tabataba'i University, IR
5 Educational Psychology Allameh Tabataba'i University, IR
6 Allameh Tabatabai University, IR

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to analyze the relationship between happiness and personality type with perfectionism in Tehran university students. 400 students (200 boys, 200 girls) were selected by random sampling method. The subjects completed Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, NEO-FFI personality questionnaire and Ahwaz perfectionism scale. The data were analyzed using statistical indicators such as mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. It was found that there exists a significant inverse relationship between student's happiness and perfectionism and also a positive significant relationship between neuroticism and perfectionism among all personality factors. Other personality factors including extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were in a significant inverse relationship with perfectionism. It was concluded that, the more a student has perfectionism and ambitious expectations regardless of his or her abilities, the more anxiety and the less happiness he or she wouldhave.

Keywords

Happiness, Personalitytype, Perfectionism, University Students.

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