فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of reality therapy on anger rumination, depression, and quality of life among individuals bereaved due to COVID-19. Materials and Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up phases, including a control group. The statistical population comprised all first-degree survivors of COVID-19 victims in Nishapur city. A total of 30 participants were selected through purposive sampling and were then randomly assigned to two groups of 15: experimental and control. The experimental group underwent an intervention of reality therapy over 8 sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the Anger Rumination Scale (ARS), the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). The data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA) via SPSS24 software.  Results: The results of Bonferroni post-hoc tests comparing time effects indicated that the differences in the mean scores of qualities of life, anger rumination, and depression between the pre-test and post-test phases, as well as between the pre-test and follow-up phases, were statistically significant. However, the differences in mean scores between the post-test and follow-up phases were not significant (P > 0.05).  Conclusion: Accordingly, reality therapy was effective in improving anger rumination, depression, and quality of life among survivors of COVID-19 victims, and this effectiveness persisted during the follow-up period. Psychologists and counselors can use reality therapy to enhance anger rumination, depression, and quality of life among individuals bereaved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.