THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID ON COPING SKILLS WITH STRESS AND THE EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF POSTPARTUM WOMEN IN GHAMAR BANIHASHEM HOSPITAL IN KHOY

The purpose of this study was to determine The Effectiveness of psychological
First aid on Coping Skills with Stress and the Emotional competence of postpartum women. In this semi
experimental study, a two-group design with pre and posttest was used.
Materials & Methods: The study population consisted of all women referred to Ghamar Banihashem
Hospital in Khoy for delivery in February 2018. A total of 24 people were selected through purposeful
sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. For the experimental group,
psychological First aid was conducted in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not
receive any training. The data were collected by Endler & Parker Stress coping strategies Questionnaire
and Brasseur et al. Data analysis was done by using covariance analysis in SPSS21 software.
Results: The findings of the study showed that the mean score of the problem-solving coping strategy
in the experimental group was higher than the control group and the mean score of the Emotional coping
strategy of the excitement circuit was significantly decreased. (P<0.005). But scores of avoidant coping
in the experimental group compared to the control group had no significant difference. There was a
significant difference between two groups in terms of emotional competence (P<0.005).
Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be concluded that psychological First aid in postpartum period
is effective in coping with stress (Emotional and problem-solving) and women's emotional competence