Journal of Islamic Psychology

Journal of Islamic Psychology

Improving verbal communication among introvert and low self-esteem students based on self-disclosure and encouraging words inferred from verses 17 and 18 of Taha Surah of Quran

Authors
Nader Naderi 1
Seyyed Ali Mohammad Musavi 2
1 Masters in Clinical Psychology, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran
2 Associate Professor, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin
Abstract
Communication is an important human need. University students need communication skills both during study and after graduation to find appropriate job. Present study was conducted to figure out it is possible to improve verbal communication among introvert students and people low in self-esteem based on inferred skills from verses 17 and 18 of Taha Surah of Quran. The design used in the present study is experimental, pretest-posttest with control group. First of all, 120 male undergraduate students were chosen, then 30 ones who had low scores in self-esteem and extroversion and high in neuroticism assigned in two groups of control and experimental. After taking part in pretest, experimental group received 2 sessions treatment and eventually both groups took part in post-test. The data were analyzed by t-test. The statistical data indicate the difference between pretest and post-test of experimental group by the significance level of 5% and the confidence level of 95% was significant. The results indicate that the communication skills inferred from verses 17 and 18 of Taha Surah of Quran were a effective way to improve verbal communication among students who had difficulties in this part.
Keywords
verbal communication
extroversion
self-esteem
Holy Quran
Journal of Islamic Psychology
Volume 5, Issue 11
February 2020
Pages 117-132