Background: Depression affects millions worldwide, draining social skills and self-esteem and diminishing daily opportunities for personal success. A potential way to counteract these effects is through self-dependency program that rebuilds self-esteem and teaches enjoyable, basic social skills providing a path for personal growth and development. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of self-dependency program on social skills and self-esteem among patients with depression. Design: pre and post quasi-experimental design; used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at in- patient, Al-Abassia Mental Health Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample of 30 patients with depression participated in the study. Tools: the data were collected using socio-demographic and medical data sheet, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Social Skills Inventory (SSI), and intervention programconsists of 24 sessions divided to initial session & the subsequent sessions. Results: the results showed improvement post intervention regarding social skills as 60% of studied sample express good level of social skills as compared to 40% pre-intervention with statistically significance difference between pre and post intervention. Moreover, 20% of the studied sample expressed estimated self-esteem level pre-intervention as compared to more than half of the studied sample (53.3%) post-intervention with statistically significant difference found between pre and post-intervention among the studied sample in relation to self-esteem. In addition there is large effect size in both social skills and self-esteem which indicate practical significance of the intervention. Conclusion: The self-dependency program demonstrated significant effectiveness in improving self-esteem and social skills among male patients with depression. The large effect sizes in self-esteem and communication efficacy, coupled with moderate effects in overall social functioning, suggest this intervention could be a valuable addition to existing treatment approaches for depression. Recommendation: replicate the study with a more diverse sample with regards to gender and other demographic characteristics
Mostafa, N., El-Sayed, M., Helmy, N., & Abd El Hakeem, L. (2023). The Impact of Self- Dependency Program on Social Skills and Self-Esteem among Patients with Depression. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 14(4), 1995-2007. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.440632
MLA
Naglaa Mostafa; Manal El-Sayed; Nehad Helmy; Lamiaa Abd El Hakeem. "The Impact of Self- Dependency Program on Social Skills and Self-Esteem among Patients with Depression", Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 14, 4, 2023, 1995-2007. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.440632
HARVARD
Mostafa, N., El-Sayed, M., Helmy, N., Abd El Hakeem, L. (2023). 'The Impact of Self- Dependency Program on Social Skills and Self-Esteem among Patients with Depression', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 14(4), pp. 1995-2007. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.440632
VANCOUVER
Mostafa, N., El-Sayed, M., Helmy, N., Abd El Hakeem, L. The Impact of Self- Dependency Program on Social Skills and Self-Esteem among Patients with Depression. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2023; 14(4): 1995-2007. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.440632
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