Document Type : Research Paper
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In recent years, there has been a especial attention to the role of language process in constructing reality and metaphor is one of the the most important of them. In narrative approach it is said that metaphors have diagnostic and therapeutic value in psychotherapy. Sample was select by Scl-90 test and psychiatrist or psychologist diagnosis. They were 17 persons (7depressed, 5anxious and 5 nonclinical .All of them had at least diploma and between 20-40 ages.For data collection we used two open end question and Asgood'semantic differential technique .Analysing data with anova and content analyse showed that the theme of metaphor in three groups are different. Also metaphors in comparison with attitudes are better anticipator of every group psychological status.
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