اثربخشی پروتکل تقویت حافظه مبتنی بر خودهیپنوتیزم بر تقویت حافظه در دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران: یک مطالعه راهنما

Background and Objective: Memory plays an important role in the quality of life by providing the ability to store, retrieve, and use information and is essential for daily life, problem solving, and decision-making. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the self-hypnosis-based memory enhancement protocol on memory enhancement in students of Tehran Azad University of Sciences and Research Branch. Materials and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all students studying at Salami Azad University of Sciences and Research in the academic year 2021-2. The number of participants was 30, who were selected using a convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups with equal numbers. The Wechsler Clinical Memory Scale was used to collect data. The experimental group received the self-hypnosis-based memory enhancement intervention in eight ninety-minute sessions. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis of covariance test and SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 24.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill., USA). Results: The mean (SD) age of the study participants in the experimental group was 23.1 (2.1) and the control group was 22.6 (3.8) years. The mean (SD) total memory score in the experimental group increased from 67.6 (12.1) before the intervention to 85.8 (10.3) after the intervention (P=0.001). However, the changes in the control group were not significant. Based on the obtained beta, 56% of the changes related to memory improvement were due to the self-hypnosis-based memory enhancement intervention (P=0.001, η2=0.562, F(1 , 25)=32.067). Conclusion: The study showed that the self-hypnosis-based memory enhancement intervention led to improvement in all memory dimensions except numerical memory. How to cite this article: Khosravani N, Nodehi D. The Effectiveness of a Self-hypnosis-based Memory Enhancement Protocol on Memory Enhancement in Students of the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch: A Pilot Study. Salāmat-iijtimā̒ī (Community Health). 2025; 12(4):12-21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22037/ch.v12i4.31892 Corresponding Author: Davoud Nodehi, Email: nodehi.davoud@bmsu.ac.ir --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.