Development and Effectiveness Evaluation of a Group Treatment Package based on Transactional Analysis and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Aspects of Self-compassion in Girls with Emotional Breakdown Experience

The aim of present research was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a group treatment package based on transactional analysis and acceptance and commitment therapy on self-compassion components in girls with emotional breakdown experience.

A mixed method was applied to develop the educational package and semi-experimental design were used to examine the instructional intervention. The study population consisted of all students with emotional breakdown in Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch in 2020. A total sample of 30 subjects selected by available sampling method and randomly divided to experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups and the inclusion/exclusion criteria were controled for. The experimental group received 8 session of  researcher made package, wherase the control group remained in the waiting list. The Neff Self-compassion Questionnaire was administered in the pretest posttest and followup stages and extracted data were analyzed by a covariance statistical method.

The findings showed significant differences between two groups after intervention and in followup(p<0.01). Decreased means of self-judgment, extreme identification and isolation, as well as , increased means of self-kindness, mindfulness and human commonalities observed in  experimental group subjects than control.

It could be concluded that the developed package was effective and could be apply to girls with a history of traumatic emotional breakdown.