The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy on Reducing Depression in Students
*1 Bita Ajilchi, 2Hamid Reza Amini, 3Flor Rezaei Kargar , 4Soheila Jamali
*1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, Science and Research Branch University, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran
2Department of Sport Psychology, Allameh Tabatabae’i University, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Psychology and Social Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran
4Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, Science and Research Branch University, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of massage therapy on reducing depression in students. In so doing, a quasi-experimental study of pretest-posttest with a control group design was undertaken among all male students of Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran. Of these, 30 student volunteers with depression (BDI cut of above 14) were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups of 15 persons each.