The Effectiveness of Logo therapy in Improving Self-Compassion and Life Expectancy in Women with Depression

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of logo therapy in improving self-compassion and life expectancy in women with depression. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with experimental and control groups and a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population of the study consisted of depressed women who visited counseling centers in District 5 of Tehran in 2014. After conducting a clinical interview and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and based on the purposive sampling method, we selected 36 women from the target population and randomly allocated them to experimental (16 women) and control (16 women) groups. The women in the experimental group were included in the treatment for ten 90-minute sessions per week. After completing 10 sessions of treatment, both groups were re-tested using Beck Depression Inventory, Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003), and Snyder's Hope Scale (1991). We used analysis of covariance to analyze data. Results: The results indicated that the logotherapy intervention increased life expectancy rate (F= 8.71, P= 0.006) and self-compassion (F= 5.07, P= 0.031) and decreased depression rate (F= 21.44, P= 0.001) in depressed women. Conclusion: Based on the results, the logo therapy program could increase life expectancy and self-compassion in depressed housewives.