@ARTICLE{Bolghan-Abadi, author = {Hosseini Tabatabaei, R. and Bolghan-Abadi, M. and Bazargan, M. and }, title = {Investigating the Effectiveness of Group-Based Psychotherapy on Interpersonal Problems in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis}, volume = {24}, number = {4}, abstract ={Aims: According to the nature of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease, the patients with MS are always facing with problems in their interpersonal communications. Therefore, the study investigates the effectiveness of group-based solution-focused therapy on interpersonal problems in patients with multiple sclerosis Materials and methods: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest/posttest and control group design. A number of 40 members of Multiple Sclerosis Association of Mashhad were selected through convenience sampling and assigned to experimental and control groups randomly. The experimental group has been received group-based solution-focused intervention and the control group was in wait list. To gather the data Barkham, Hardy, and Startup’s Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-32) was used. The obtained data analyzed by MANCOVA test through SPSS-23 software. Findings: According to the mean of the interpersonal problems of the experimental group rather than the mean of the interpersonal problems of control group, it can be concluded that the group-based solution-focused therapy lead to reduce the interpersonal problems of experimental group (P>.001, F= 81.31). The effect size was .69. Conclusion: According to group-based solution-focused therapy has a non-pathological view as communicative approach, could be effective on resolving the interpersonal problems of patients with MS. }, URL = {http://imtj.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-2936-en.html}, eprint = {http://imtj.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-2936-en.pdf}, journal = {Internal Medicine Today}, doi = {}, year = {2018} }