The aim of the study was to examine whether a cognitive-behavioral self-help program was effective in improving depressed mood and anxiety in people with acquired deafness. Participants were 45 persons with acquired deafness, randomly allocated to the Cognitive-Behavioral Self-help (CBS) group or the Waiting List Control (WLC) group. Depression and anxiety scores were assessed at three measurem...

Objectives: As the elderly population increases and their ability decreases, the need for nursing homes and formal caregivers becomes more significant. Caregivers are under the pressure and burden of care due to the provision of services. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy-based social work intervention on the extent of care burden among...

A literature review of articles on treatment of physically abused children and treatment of physically abused parents was undertaken. Only articles that had more than five subjects in the sample, at least 15% of the children in the sample having been physically abused and either pretest, posttest; comparison group; or randomization between different treatments used in the design were selected. ...

OBJECTIVE African Americans suffer disproportionately from smoking-related morbidity and mortality; yet it is unclear whether existing treatments benefit this population. The purposes of this meta-analysis were to evaluate the overall efficacy of smoking cessation interventions (SCIs) among African American adults and to examine specific study characteristics and methods that influence treatmen...

objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of attachment-based interventions on females suffering from eating related disorders. the study method was experimental with a pretest-posttest control group. the study sample included 32 elementary school female students with eating disorders, obesity problems, and attachment disorders. sampling method was purposive.  methods: aft...

OBJECTIVES This article reports on results from a randomized experimental trial of the effects of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) on multiple measures of grief experienced by parentally bereaved children and adolescents over a 6-year period. METHOD Participants were 244 youths (ages 8-16, mean age = 11.4 years) from 156 families that had experienced the death of a parent. The sample cons...

OBJECTIVE To determine if after-school nutrition workshops conducted in public libraries were related to lasting changes in food choice. METHODS "Snack Smart" workshops, based on Social Cognitive Theory, were conducted in 8 branch libraries (49 ethnically diverse children, ages 9 to 14) to assess changes in consumption of targeted food items by pretest, posttest, and follow-up food frequency ...