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Merve Uğuryol Ünal1, Esra Engin1
1Ege University, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
Purpose:
To reduce depressive symptoms and psychological pain and enhance sense of meaning in life among individuals with depression through logotherapy.
Method:
A quasi-experimental design was used. The intervention group received standard treatment alongside logotherapy for 8 weeks, whereas the control group continued standard depression treatment. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used to assess group × time interactions.
Results:
Logotherapy significantly decreased depressive symptoms and psychological pain and improved sense of meaning in life. Group × time analyses confirmed the intervention's effectiveness over the study period.
Conclusion:
Logotherapy can be used as an adjunct treatment to reduce depressive symptoms and psychological pain and improve meaning of life among individuals with depression.
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