The Effectiveness of Self-Transcendence Based Intervention

The Effectiveness of Self-Transcendence Based Intervention on Self-Coherence and Loneliness of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Clinical Randomized Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20190917044798N1

Enrollment

Registered

2022-07-20

Start date

2019-10-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-08-29

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Conditions

???? ?????. Unspecified injury of cervical spinal cord

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The participants of experimental group received 8 sessions of self-transcendence based intervention. The duration of each session was approximately 90 minutes. Inte

he/she looks at life and relates with humans and the world in a transcendent manner. Therefore, in intervention sessions, concepts such as self-awareness, self-worth and spirituality were discussed

how to interact with others, hope in life, acceptance of problems, life events and death with a self-transcendence manner were taught. The sessions were conducted by one of the authors who had previou

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

40 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclination to participate in the study has at least school education age between 40-50 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a specific mental disorders Receiving other psychological treatments

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Level of loneliness feeling score. Timepoint: All participants answered to the UCLA loneliness scale as dependent variable at 3 time points (pre, post and 2-month follow-up test). Method of measurement: Loneliness was measured using a standardized questionnaire entitled "the UCLA Loneliness Scale", the validity and reliability of its Persian version has been confirmed in an Iranian sample.;Level of self-cohesion score. Timepoint: All participants responded to the Sense of Self Coherence (SOS) scale to measure self-cohesion as the dependent variable at 3 time points (pre-test, post-test, and 2-month follow-up test). Method of measurement: Self-cohesion was measured using a standardized questionnaire entitled "Sense of Self Coherence (SOS) scale" which has been provided by Antonovsky (1987); the validity and reliability of the its Persian version has been confirmed in an Iranian sample.	—

Measure

Time frame

Level of loneliness feeling score. Timepoint: All participants answered to the UCLA loneliness scale as dependent variable at 3 time points (pre, post and 2-month follow-up test). Method of measurement: Loneliness was measured using a standardized questionnaire entitled "the UCLA Loneliness Scale", the validity and reliability of its Persian version has been confirmed in an Iranian sample.;Level of self-cohesion score. Timepoint: All participants responded to the Sense of Self Coherence (SOS) scale to measure self-cohesion as the dependent variable at 3 time points (pre-test, post-test, and 2-month follow-up test). Method of measurement: Self-cohesion was measured using a standardized questionnaire entitled "Sense of Self Coherence (SOS) scale" which has been provided by Antonovsky (1987); the validity and reliability of the its Persian version has been confirmed in an Iranian sample.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactYasser Rezapour-Mirsaleh

Ardakan university

y.rezapour@ardakan.ac.ir+98 35 3390 6060

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026