فعالية إدارة المزاج في تخفيف بعض الأعراض الاكتئابية لدى عينة من طلاب الجامعة
To identify the best effective solutions on reducing some depressive symptoms among university students. The current study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of mood management on reducing some depressive symptoms in a sample of university students, and the continuation of its effectiveness, as well as identifying its steps, techniques and mechanisms as a new approach that enriches Psychological studies in this field. The study sample consisted of (10) female students at the Faculty of Education, Benha University, and their ages ranged from (18-19) years, with an average age of (18,51) and standard deviation (0,32), and they were divided into two groups: an experimental group consisting of (5) female students, and a control group consisting of (5) female students. The researcher used the diagnostic interview list for depressive symptoms (prepared by: Ismail Badr, 2001), and the mood management program to relieve some depressive symptoms (prepared by the researcher), and the results of the study indicated that there were Statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups on the list of the diagnostic interview for depressive symptoms in the post-measurement. In favor of the experimental group ,and there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre and post measurements on the list of the diagnostic interview for depressive symptoms in favor of the post measurement, and there were no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group scores in the post and fellow- up measurements ( its duration one month and a half) on the list of the diagnostic interview for depressive symptoms, this confirms the effectiveness of mood management on reducing some depressive symptoms in a sample of university students. (Author’s abstract)