Abstract
Background and aims: One of the important issues that bereaved students are faced with is the symptoms that they experience after the
death of their loved one. Consequently, this can reduce their performance in various aspects of life, including education. The present study
aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group trauma management therapy (GTMT) in reducing the traumatic bereavement symptoms of
bereaved female students.
Methods: This study was an experimental research with pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population of the present study
included all the bereaved senior high school female students of Iranshahr in the school year of 2016-2017. Forty subjects were selected
among the whole population using the simple random sampling method. After conducting a clinical interview, to confirm the symptoms of
bereavement, the selected individuals were randomly assigned to two experimental group (n=20) and control group (n=20). The Hogan
Grief Reaction Checklist (HGRC) was used to collect the data. To analyze the obtained data, the descriptive statistics and multivariate
analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) tests were applied using SPSS software.
Results: The results indicated the effectiveness of trauma management therapy (TMT) in decreasing despair (P<0.001), panic (P<0.001),
anger and blame (P<0.001), detachment (P<0.001), disorganization (P<0.001), and personal growth (P<0.001).
Conclusion: Considering the effect of GTMT on the reduction of traumatic bereavement symptoms among bereaved students, this method
can be used as an effective treatment for relieving and reducing the traumatic bereavement symptoms.