Evaluation of the effectiveness of human givens therapy (HGT) on reducing depression, anxiety and irrational beliefs of divorced women

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of human givens therapy (HGT) on reducing anxiety, depression, and irrational beliefs of divorced women. This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with the control group and follow-up test. The statistical population of this study includes all divorced women in Shahrekord. The sample consisted of 30 divorced women who were selected by the available sampling method by referring to family courts, counseling centers, or by referring to the health center and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. HGT was performed in 7 weekly sessions. Beck Anxiety Inventory (1990), Beck Depression Inventory (1978), and Jones Irrational Belief Inventory (1967) were used to collect data. Repeated analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test was to analyze the data used. The results of repeated analysis of variance test showed that treatment of human givens (HGT) in divorced women was effective on anxiety (F = 30.87, P <0.001), depression (F = 22.38, P <0.001), and irrational beliefs (F = 2323.02, P <0.001). And this treatment was able to reduce their depression, anxiety, and irrational thoughts significantly. Also, the results of the Bonferroni test showed that the effect of human givens therapy (HGT) was after four months maintained. From the findings of the present study, it appears that HG was able to reduce the anxiety, depression, and irrational beliefs of divorced women by focusing on changing mental patterns and emphasizing inherent resources.