Document Type : Research
Authors
1 PhD student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
2 Professor,, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu- Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
3 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu- Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
4 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-compassion training on cognitive emotion regulation and fear of intimacy in adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder. The semi-experimental study employed a pre-test and post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of this study consisted of all male students diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder studying in high school of Boin Zahra City in the academic year 2022-2023. The sample size of the study, based on previous experimental research, included 30 people who randomly placed in two experimental groups (15 people) and a control group (15 people). The experimental group received training in 8 sessions of 90 minutes once a week and the control group received no training. The instruments used in this study were clinical interviews based on Dsm-5 criteria, the cognitive Emoting Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006), the Fear of Intimacy Questionnaire (Descutner & Thelen, 1991), and the Oppositional defiant disorder scale (Hommersen et al., 2006). Data analysis conducted using Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed that self-compassion training leads to an increase in adaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation, a decrease in maladaptive strategies for cognitive emotion regulation, and a decrease in fear of intimacy in adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder (p<0/05). Therefore, self-compassion training can used to improve cognitive emotion regulation and reduce fear of intimacy in adolescents with oppositional defiant disorder.
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