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Objective To explore the effect of self-confidence training on social anxiety and self-esteem of patients with social anxiety disorder.Methods 80 patients with social anxiety disorder were randomly divided into the study group and the control group.The study group was given the Self-confidence Training twice a week for five weeks and the control group was not given any training.Social Anxiety Subscale of the Self-Consciousness Scale and Self-Esteem Scale were used to evaluate the effect before the intervention and after the intervention for three months,six months.Results The social anxiety and self-esteem had significant differences between the two groups (F=20.422,P＜0.001 ; F=11.239,P=0.001),they had a tendency to change over time (F=120.080,P＜0.001 ; F=143.503,P＜0.001),and the role of the time factor was different between two groups (F=18.777,P ＜0.001 ; F =24.864,P＜0.001).Further pairwise comparisons revealed that the study group showed significantly decrease in social anxiety ((10.00 ± 3.05) vs (13.42 ± 2.76),(9.53 ± 3.72) vs (13.21± 2.48)) and improvement in score of self-esteem((28.75 ± 4.19) vs (24.27 ± 3.84),(29.50 ± 4.85) vs (24.15 ±3.55)) than control group on post-test and delayed-test (P＜0.001).Conclusion Self-confidence training can reduce social anxiety and improve self-esteem for patients with social anxiety disorder.
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@# Objective To explore the effect of insight education and self-confidence training on the quality of life and well-being rating of first episode schizophrenia. Methods 96 inpatients with first episode schizophrenia were randomly divided into the observed group (48 cases) in which patients were treated with risperidone plus insight education and self-confidence training and the control group (48 cases) in which patients were treated with risperidone only. These patients had been treated for 8 weeks and followed up for 0.5 year after discharged. The assessments included the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS),WHO QOL-100,General Well-Being Schedule (GWB) and the Self-Esteem Scale (SES) before the treatment and at the end of the following-up. Results The scores of PANSS, QOL-100, GWB and SES in both groups didn't show significant difference before the treatment (P>0.05). At the end of following-up, the total score, negative score and positive score of PANSS in the observed group were lower than that in the control group (P<0.01), while the total score of QOL-100, areas of mentality, dependence, social relation factor scores, the scores of GWB and SES in the observed group were higher than that in the control group(P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion The insight education and self-confidence training can help to improve the symptom of first episode schizophrenia and enhance their quality of life and well-being rating.