the effectiveness of self-hypnosis training and ego strengthening on reducing job stress and increasing job self-efficacy of mashhad girls' primary school teachers

the effectiveness of self-hypnosis training and ego strengthening on reducing job stress and increasing job self-efficacy of mashhad girls' primary school teachers

introduction: job stress and low job self-efficacy are among the most important job hazards in the modern era. therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of self-hypnosis training and ego strengthening on reducing job stress and increasing job self-efficacy of mashhad girls' primary school teachers.method: the present study is a quasi-experimental study that was conducted in 1398 on 24 teachers working in girls' primary schools in two groups of self-hypnosis (n = 12) and control (n = 12).

the intervention group underwent 3 individual sessions of self-hypnosis training and ego strengthening, each session for 90 minutes once a week.data were collected by riggs-knight job self-efficacy scale and cohen job stress during three stages before intervention, after intervention and one month later and analyzed using mancova test.results: the results showed that the mean scores of job self-efficacy and job stress during the test stages in the self-hypnosis and ego strengthening training groups showed a significant increase and decrease compared to the control group (p <0.05), respectively.

also, in the follow-up stage after one month, the experimental group showed a significant decrease in job stress compared to the control group compared to the post-test and pre-test (p <0.05), but in job self-efficacy, no significant difference was observed between the post-test and follow-up. p> 0.05). conclusion: according to the research findings, self-hypnosis training and ego strengthening are effective in reducing job stress and increasing job self-efficacy.