Efikasiteti i teknikave te hipnoterapisë dhe te relaksimit në reduktimin e ankthit të përgjithësuar: studim sasior
The efficacy of hypnotherapeutic techniques and relaxation in reducing anxiety: a quantitative study

Summary/Abstract: Hypnotism has faced many challenges in the history of psychology and medicine. Nevertheless, today hypnotherapy is included in standard psychological, medical or dental treatments. Anxiety disorders are present in almost all cultures and they reduce the quality of life. One prevalent disorder is generalized anxiety. Anxiety among college students is quite common. This study aimed at gaining knowledge on the effects of using hypnotherapy clinical techniques in reducing generalized anxiety and improving the quality of life. As part of the methodology, the study applied half-experimental methods, which included three therapeutic techniques: metaphor, ego strengthening and progressive relaxation with the purpose of reducing generalized anxiety in a case study on students of 20-30 years old. The sample consisted of 214 randomly selected students; The generalized anxiety questionnaire GAD-7 (alpha = .843) was used as evaluation instrument. It resulted in low level of GAD (n = 81; 38 %), and a moderate level of GAD (n = 34; 16 %). In the second phase of the study 20 women and 20 men were selected from the sample above. These were divided into four groups (3 groups received the treatment: metaphor, ego strengthening and progressive relaxation) and the fourth group was used for control. The quantitative findings show that hypnotherapy techniques are more efficient than relaxation techniques, and it also appears that the technique of directly suggestions/authoritarian ego strengthening is more efficient than the technique indirect suggestions/metaphor tolerant in reducing generalized anxiety and improve the quality of life. Moreover, the results suggest that clinical hypnotherapy techniques and progressive relaxation techniques are effective in improving the quality of life. Due to cultural specificities, further studies are necessary to elaborate further the effectiveness of these techniques in our environment.

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