Health Care : Current Reviews

A quick relieve from negative thinking for a better mental health

3^rd Indo-Global Summit & Expo on Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 New Delhi, India

Yasmin Othman Mydin and Syed Hassan Ahmad AlMashoor

UniversitiSains Islam, Malaysia UniversitiTeknologi Mara, Malaysia

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Negative thinking occurs in various situations. It may occur repetitively and interferean individualâ??s daily function. This experience can be troublesome and individuals may find difficulties to combat it. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive and behavioural techniques to reduce negative thoughts. 20 undergraduate University students participated as the sample in this experimental study. 10 students were in control group and the other 10 students received the intervention. 15 items Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire was administered before and after the intervention to test the effectiveness of the techniques. The behavioural techniques applied were such as, write the negative thoughts on a paper crumple the paper and throw it away. While the cognitive technique was to imagine that the thoughts are being removed from the mind while throwing it away. Paired samples t-test analysis revealed that there were significant reductions (t=4.245, df=9, p.003) in the negative thoughts in the group that received the intervention compared to the control group. This finding suggested that these techniques are effective to reduce the repetitive negative thoughts.

Biography :

Yasmin Othman Mydin is a Senior Lecturer and Counselling Psychologist. She is a faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UniversitiSains Islam Malaysia. She had 6 years of experience. Her research interests are Psychological therapy and Management of Insomnia.

Email: dryasmin@usim.edu.my