Haji hosseinlu E, karimisani P. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID ON COPING SKILLS WITH STRESS AND THE EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF POSTPARTUM WOMEN IN GHAMAR BANIHASHEM HOSPITAL IN KHOY. Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2018; 16 (7) :465-474
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1- Department of Consulting, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar Branch, Shabestar, Iran (Corresponding Author) , karimisani.counsel@gmail.com
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Background & Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine The Effectiveness of psychological First aid on Coping Skills with Stress and the Emotional competence of postpartum women. In this semi experimental study, a two-group design with pre and posttest was used.
Materials & Methods: The study population consisted of all women referred to Ghamar Banihashem Hospital in Khoy for delivery in February 2018. A total of 24 people were selected through purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. For the experimental group, psychological First aid was conducted in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any training. The data were collected by Endler & Parker Stress coping strategies Questionnaire and Brasseur et al. Data analysis was done by using covariance analysis in SPSS21 software.
Results: The findings of the study showed that the mean score of the problem-solving coping strategy in the experimental group was higher than the control group and the mean score of the Emotional coping strategy of the excitement circuit was significantly decreased. (P