جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « emotion-focused therapy » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

Some studies have shown that parent’s divorce could weaken the social-emotional competence among teenagers. Previous studies have confirmed the effectiveness of psychological interventions. However, no research has been found comparing the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Metacognitive Therapy.

The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy with Metacognitive Therapy on the emotional-social competence of 13 to 18-year-old male students from divorced families.

The research was a semi-experimental design of pre-test, and post-test type with a three-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research included boys between the ages of 13 and 18 years old in two high schools in the fifth district of Tehran in the academic year 2021-2022. By random sampling, 45 people were selected as a statistical sample in two experimental groups and one control group. Zhou, M. and Ee, J. (2012) Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire was used for data collection. Also, emotion-focused therapy (Greenberg, 2015) was implemented in eight sessions in the first experimental group and metacognitive therapy (Jelinek et al., 2020) was implemented in eight sessions in the second experimental group. Still, the members of the control group did not receive any treatment intervention. Analysis of variance with repeated measures, Bonferroni post hoc test, and SPSS-26 software were used to analyze the data.

The research findings showed that the effectiveness of Metacognitive Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on the components of “self-awareness, social awareness, and self-management” of the dependent variable was significant (p<0.01). Also, statistically, there was no significant difference in terms of effectiveness between the two treatment methods.

According to the research findings, it can be concluded that Emotion-focused Therapy and Metacognitive Therapy both improve the social-emotional competence of adolescent boys aged 13 to 18.

The study aims to explore the lived experiences of students with depression and suicidal self-injury thoughts and behaviors of combination of emotion-focused therapy and lifestyle modification, with a focus on repetitive negative thinking and clinical anger. This qualitative research used an interpretive phenomenological approach and a multiple case study design. The research population included students visiting the counseling center at the Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, during the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample included four purposively selected students with depression and suicidal self-injury thoughts and behaviors who scored high on referential thinking and clinical anger. The research tools entailed the Beck Depression Inventory (1996), the Repetitive Negative Thinking Scale (Ehring, 2010), the Clinical Anger Scale (Snell et al., 1995), and semi-structured interviews. After 12 sessions of combined emotion-focused therapy and lifestyle modification, the interviews were analyzed using Diekelmann et al.’s method (1989). Themes indicated a reduction in repetitive negative thinking and clinical anger. Two core categories (therapeutic experiences and inhibitory factors) and eight sub-categories were identified. The therapeutic experiences for repetitive negative thinking included perceived control over behavior against negative thoughts and focus on the present moment; inhibitory factors included environmental factors, particularly friends and family. Therapeutic experiences for clinical anger included accepting shame and sorrow, behavioral non-avoidance, and a new understanding of frustrations and unpleasant events. Inhibitory factors included the difficulty of transferring learning outside of therapy sessions and others’ expectations for rapid improvement.

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on resilience and emotion regulation in women experiencing domestic violence in Tehran. 

Methods and Materials: 

This semi-experimental study employed a pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control groups and follow-up. The statistical population comprised all women victims of domestic violence in Tehran who visited psychological clinics in the first half of 2023. Participants were selected voluntarily through convenience sampling and divided into two groups: an experimental group (15 individuals) and a control group (15 individuals). The experimental group received 12 sessions of 90-minute group emotion-focused psychotherapy, while the control group remained on a waiting list. The measurement tools used in the study were the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (2003) and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij, 2006). Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 23 in both descriptive and inferential sections (mixed ANOVA). 

The results indicated that emotion-focused therapy increased resilience in women experiencing domestic violence. Additionally, the findings showed that emotion-focused therapy enhanced emotion regulation in these women. 

Therefore, it can be concluded that group emotion-focused psychotherapy is an effective method for improving resilience and emotion regulation in women experiencing domestic violence.

Considering the increase in the number of patients with irritable bowel syndrome and their major problems in the field of sleep quality, rumination and ataxia, it seems that many of these patients lack sufficient knowledge and skills to properly manage such a condition. They do not have any problems.

The purpose of the research was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on sleep disorder, emotional dyslexia, and rumination in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

It was a semi-experimental research design of pre-test-post-test and follow-up type with control group. In order to select the participants, among the women suffering from irritable bowel syndrome who referred to the government counseling center of Kerman city in 2022, 45 patients were selected based on the entry and exit criteria of the study and were selected in three treatment groups focused on emotion, cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and evidence were included. Emotion-focused therapy (Greenberg et al., 1993) was performed during 8 weekly sessions, cognitive therapy based on mindfulness (Segal et al., 2002) was performed during 8 weekly sessions, and the control group did not receive any therapy. Questionnaires for sleep disorder (Buysse, 1989), alexia (Bagby et al., 1994) and rumination (Nolen Hoeksima and Morrow, 1991) were completed in three phases: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The data were analyzed using the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements and SPSS version 23 software.

The results of mixed analysis of variance showed that emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy had a significant effect in improving sleep disorder and rumination in the post-test and follow-up phase (P<0.01); However, in the alexithymia variable, only the treatment focused on emotionality had a significant effect (P<0.01).

According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that treatment focused on emotion and cognitive therapy based on mindfulness improves sleep disorder, rumination and emotional dyslexia in women with irritable bowel syndrome.

The purpose of this study was the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on fear of intimacy, hostility biases, and meta-emotion in women affected by marital breach. The present study was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included married women affected by the breach of marital contracts in counseling centers related to the welfare of Tehran in 1402. 30 people from the statistical population were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). The experimental group received 12 sessions of 90 minutes of emotion-based intervention. The research tools included the Fear of Intimacy Scale (FIS) of Descanter and Thelan (1999), the Hostility Biases Questionnaire (HBQ) of Arntz et al. (2003), and the Meta-Emotion Scale (MES) of Meitmangruber et al. (2009). The results of the multivariate covariance analysis test showed that by controlling the pre-test effect, there was a significant difference at the level of 0.01 between the average fear of intimacy and hostility biases and meta-emotion in the two experimental and control groups. The results showed that emotion-focused therapy is an effective method to increase meta-emotion and reduce fear of intimacy and hostility biases.

Previous research has shown that emotion-focused therapy is effective in reducing the symptoms of social anxiety disorder and improving the social efficiency of people suffering from it. On the other hand, the review of studies shows that many treatment approaches will be more effective if they are used in the form of group psychotherapy. But so far, the protocol of this type of treatment has not been developed in such a way that its intervention techniques are suitable and compatible for implementation in the group.

The present study was conducted with the aim of developing a group therapy protocol focused on emotion and trial on the symptoms of social anxiety disorder.

The design of the current research was a type of exploratory combined research that has a qualitative and quantitative nature. The first stage of the research was conducted with a qualitative approach and thematic analysis method. In order to identify themes and draw a network of themes, first 121 related sources were identified and among them, 11 Persian sources published between 1392 and 1401 and 23 English sources published between 2000-2022 were selected. In the quantitative part, the research method was a quasi-experimental design of pre-test-post-test type with a control group and a one-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research included all the clients who referred to the Sense of Presence clinic in Tehran in the second half of 2022. 20 people with social anxiety disorder were selected from among the clients using the available method and were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The members of the experimental group were exposed to 16 sessions of emotion-focused group therapy protocol (designed by the researchers). The instrument used in the quantitative part was the social anxiety scale (Connor et al., 2000). For data analysis, thematic analysis method was used in the qualitative part and Variance analysis with repeated measurements was used in the quantitative part.

The findings of the present study in the qualitative part led to the identification of two overarching themes, including emotion-focused therapy and social anxiety, and finally, a 16-session protocol of emotion-focused therapy group. The results in the quantitative part also showed that the effectiveness of the group therapy focused on emotion was significant in reducing all the symptoms of social anxiety disorder, fear, avoidance, Physiological symptoms and the total score of social anxiety (P<0.05).

According to the obtained results, it seems that therapists can use the (researcher-made) emotion-focused group therapy package to treat people with social anxiety disorder.

The aim of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of Emotion Focused Therapy on Pessimistic Marital Expectation and Self-Criticism in Neurotic Perfectionist girls. The statistical population consisted of all Neurotic Perfectionist girls in Ahvaz. The research sample consisted of 5 girls that were selected according to the results of the neurotic perfectionism questionnaires (NPQ), using purposeful sampling method. In this research, a single-case experimental design, type of concurrent multiple baseline designs was used. To evaluate the Pessimistic Marital Expectation, Marital Expectation Scale and Self-Criticism, The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale were used. The data was collected in three phases of baseline, during intervention, and three month follow-up. The findings indicate that the subjects in the treatment phase experienced improvement in Pessimistic Marital Expectation (18.75) and Self-Criticism (21.98), and in the follow-up in regards to Pessimistic Marital Expectation (23.91) and Self-Criticism (49.66). The change index was indicative of meaningful changes (z=1.96 α=0.05). Therefore, the research findings illustrated that Emotion Focused Therapy reduces Pessimistic Marital Expectation and Self-Criticism in Neurotic Perfectionist girls.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on rumination and alexithymia in people with emotional failure in Tehran in 1403. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all people with emotional breakdowns who referred to psychological counseling and services centers in Tehran, who were selected by available sampling method and were placed in two experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. The experimental group received 8 90-minute sessions of emotional therapy training, and the control group remained waiting for treatment during this period. The method of data collection was based on the standard questionnaire of alexithymia (Bagbi et al., 1994) and the standard questionnaire of rumination (Nolen Hoeksma and Maro, 1991). The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using the Cronbach's alpha method, and its value for the alexithymia questionnaire was 81. And rumination questionnaire was obtained above 0.7. Likewise, content validity was used to test the validity of the questionnaire, and for this purpose, the questionnaires were approved by the relevant experts. The analysis of the information obtained from the implementation of the questionnaires was done through SPSS24 software in two descriptive and inferential sections (covariance analysis). The results of the research showed that emotion-focused therapy reduced the "rumination" of people with emotional failure. Also, the results showed that emotion-focused therapy improved the " alexithymia" of people with emotional failure. Therefore, the findings of the present study showed that emotion-focused therapy is effective in reducing rumination and alexithymia in people with emotional failure.

Studies have shown that social anxiety has a high prevalence among students. Some researches have introduced difficulty in emotional regulation as one of the factors related to social anxiety. Social anxiety and difficulty in emotional regulation not only lead to a decrease in students' academic achievements, but can also affect other psychological and social aspects of their lives. So far, there has been no research that investigates the effectiveness of two types of cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused therapy in reducing the symptoms of social anxiety and improving the emotional regulation of students.

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the efficacy of two types of cognitive-behavioral and Emotion-Focused therapy on social anxiety and emotional regulation of music students of the University of Arts.

The design of the current research was semi-experimental, of pre-test, post-test type with a control group. The statistical population of the current research was all undergraduate music students referred to the counseling center of Tehran University of Art in 2020. From this statistical population, a number of 45 people were selected in a targeted manner from the available type and were randomly assigned in three groups of 15 people (cognitive-behavioral therapy, Emotion-Focused therapy and control). In the cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention sessions from the cognitive-behavioral therapy protocol (Davoudi, Manshaee, & Golparvar, 2018) and in the emotion-focused therapy intervention sessions from the Johnson therapy protocol (2004) and to collect data from the social anxiety scale (Connor et al., 2000) And the Emotion Regulation questionnaire (Garnefski, Kraaij & Spinhoven, 2002) was used. Covariance analysis and SPSS26 software were used for data analysis.

The findings of the present study showed that both types of cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused therapy were effective in reducing the symptoms of social anxiety and improving the emotional regulation ability of students. Cognitive-behavioral therapy was more effective in reducing the symptoms of social anxiety and emotion-focused therapy was more effective in improving emotional regulation. (P<0.01).

Based on the findings of the current research, it can be concluded that both types of cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused therapy have been effective in reducing the symptoms of social anxiety and improving the emotional regulation of students, but in the field of problems related to thoughts and cognitive aspects, cognitive therapy - Behavior is more effective and in the field of issues where emotion is the most important factor, emotion-focused therapy is more efficient and effective.