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Marital satisfaction is the objective feeling of pleasure, satisfaction, and pleasure experienced by spouses for all aspects of the marital relationship. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship of the styles of attachment to God, resilience, and self-compassion with marital satisfaction among couples in Isfahan, Iran.

This research was descriptive-correlational. The research population (n=420) included all the couples who referred to psychological clinics and family culture centers in Isfahan city in 2022-2023. Among this population, 110 couples (44 female and 66 male couples) were selected by purposeful and volunteer sampling methods. The necessary data were collected using questionnaires, namely the Attachment to God, Self-Compassion Scale, Resilience Questionnaire, and Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS-23 software.

The results showed that marital satisfaction had a significant relationship with attachment to God, resilience, and self-compassion among couples in Isfahan (P<0.01, r=0.28, 0.26). Moreover, among the predictor variables of the research, the variables of attachment to God (t-statistic=2.81) and self-compassion (t-statistic=2.49) can predict the changes related to the marital satisfaction of couples in Isfahan city. Among the components of attachment to God, the components of a secure base, objection to separation, seeking closeness, and positive understanding of God had a significant relationship with marital satisfaction. There was also a significant relationship between marital satisfaction and the components of self-compassion, human commonality, and mindfulness (P<0.01).

The results of this research showed that the styles of attachment to God and its dimensions and compassion can play a role in marital satisfaction.

Adolescents who are abused and neglected face many challenges, and it is imperative to pay attention to their mental health.The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of art therapy focused on compassion on the distress tolerance of abused and neglected adolescent girls.

This study is a quasi-experimental study that was conducted with a pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population was all abused and neglected female adolescents of Bushehr City in 2023. The sample size was 30 people selected by the convenience sampling method and randomly assigned into the experimental and control groups (15 people in either group). The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of 90 minutes of compassion-focused art therapy, while the control group received no intervention. The instrument to gather data was Simons and Gaher's (2005) Disturbance Tolerance Scale. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.

Art therapy focused on compassion was effective in tolerating the turmoil of abused and neglected adolescents. Eta squared showed that 18.5% of tolerance variance, 18.7% of absorption variance, 16.9% of evaluation variance, and 20.6% of adjustment variance are due to the effectiveness of art therapy focused on compassion (p<0.001).

Art therapy focused on compassion has been effective in increasing tolerance of emotional disturbances in abused and neglected adolescent girls. Therefore, it is recommended that this treatment be used in organizations interacting with injured people to increase the tolerance of disturbance and increase their mental health.

Psycho-physical disorder is one of the most common medical complaints and a type of debilitating disease that affects different aspects of the patients' personality; therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of short-term and intensive emotional-oriented therapy on personality organization in women with somatic psychosis.

Methods and Materials: 

This study was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and two-month follow-up plan with a control group. The target population was all patients with somatic psychosis who referred to the specialized neuropsychiatric clinic in Tehran in 1401. The sample size was determined by referring to Cohen's table. In this way, at the confidence level of 95%, the effect size was 0.30 and the statistical power was 0.83 for each group of 12 people. However, since there was a possibility of some samples dropping out and in order to generalize the results more, the sample size was determined to be 15 people in each group. In the first step, 30 people were selected by available sampling method, and in the second step, these 30 people were replaced in two experimental groups (15 people) and a control group (15 people) in a simple random way (by lottery). The data were obtained using Kernberg Stipo questionnaire (2003) and Nef self-compassion questionnaire (2003) and 15 treatment sessions were performed according to Dovanlo's treatment protocol.

The results of the study indicated the impact of intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy on the dimensions of self-compassion and personality organization in patients with somatic psychosis (P<0.001).

According to the results, specialists active in the psychophysical field, especially the psycho-physical field, can consider the use of emotion-oriented methods and intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of these people, along with other treatments.

Specific learning disorder (SLD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders that causes problems in the field of academic skills. The current investigation aimed to assess the effectiveness of Internet-based mindfulness training on parental burnout and self-compassion of mothers with children with SLD.

This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with the control group. The research sample included 32 mothers of children with SLD in Fuman City in the academic year of  2022 _ 2023, who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in the Internet-based mindfulness training course for 8 weekly sessions, while the control group received their usual training center. The research tools were the Roskam Parental Burnout Questionnaire (2018) and Raes's (2011) Self-Compassion Scale. The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance and Spss 27 software.

The results showed that the average score post-test in the experimental group changed relative to the control group and that means parental burnout scores of the experimental group decreased (F = 82.001, P < 0.05) and the self-compassion scores increased (F = 226.320, P < 0.05).

The results showed that Internet-based mindfulness training with emphasis on components such as becoming mindful of thoughts and feelings, and being present in the moment, reduces parental burnout and improves the level of self-compassion in mothers with children with SLD. Therefore, it can be implemented by experts in different fields as one of the axes of parent training.

Intimate partner abuse is a significant public health issue that is associated with some negative emotional responses (such as self-blame and shame), as well as mental health outcomes (such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicidality). This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of forgiveness-based schema therapy, spiritual therapy, and emotion-focused therapy on resilience and self-esteem in women who are victims of domestic violence.

The research method was experimental with pre-test and post-test design, and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women who referred to the legal medicine of Isfahan city in 2022 and had a medical record of domestic violence, and 60 of them were selected as the target sample through purposive sampling. After selecting the eligible samples and randomly assigning them to experimental and control groups (each group comprising 15 individuals), the experimental groups received forgiveness-based therapy, spiritual therapy, and emotion-focused therapy, while the control group was placed on the waiting list for treatment. To collect data, the Haj-Yahia Domestic Violence Questionnaire (2002), and Neff Self-Compassion Questionnaire (2003) were used. The data was analyzed using repeated measurement analysis.

The results showed that all three therapeutic interventions, forgiveness-based schema therapy, spiritual therapy, and emotion-focused therapy, were effective in increasing self-compassion in women who are victims of domestic violence, and this effect continued over time. There was no significant difference between the effectiveness and sustainability of forgiveness-based schema therapy, spiritual therapy, and emotion-focused therapies in improving self-compassion in married women who are victims of domestic violence.

These therapeutic methods can be used to improve the mental health of married women who are victims of domestic violence and their use is recommended by counselors and psychologists.

 Resilience is the ability of people to effectively adapt to the environment exposed to risk factors. A large share of learners' failures is rooted in stress. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of self-compassion training on resilience and academic stress of students with low academic performance.

 The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test design with a control group. Sixty 11th-grade males from low-performing high schools in the city of Tabriz were selected by cluster random sampling and randomly assigned to equal the intervention and control groups. The intervention group received a training course on self-compassion in 10 sessions and the control group continued with their regular classroom programs. Data were collected using Connor & Davidson resilience and Kohn & Frazer academic stress questionnaires and were analyzed using covariance analysis test and SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 22.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill., USA).

 The mean (SD) of resilience scores in the experimental group increased from 52.5 (22.5) before the intervention to 69.6(16.8) after the intervention (P=0.017). Academic stress scores in the experimental group decreased from 79.7 (33.6) before the intervention to 54.1(18.0) after the intervention (P<0.001). In the control group, there was no difference between the pre-test and post-test scores.

 The study showed that teaching self-compassion is an effective and significant intervention to increase resilience and reduce academic stress of school students with low academic performance.

Procrastination is one of the critical issues for university students and is associated with various psychological problems. This study examined the effectiveness of group compassion-focused intervention on procrastination, anxiety, and quality of life of (QoL) university students.

This research is an experimental study of clinical trial type. The study participants were 40 students of Iran University of Medical Sciences selected by a convenience sampling method. After obtaining informed consent, they completed the demographic questionnaire; academic procrastination questionnaire; depression, anxiety, and stress scale-21 (DASS-21); and personal wellbeing index–adult (PWI-A), before, immediately after, and three months after the intervention. The experimental group received eight 120-minute sessions of group compassion-focused therapy once a week, while the control group received no intervention. The data were compared using GLM repeated measures analysis of variance (GLMRM).

Regarding procrastination, there is no significant difference between the average preparation for assignments and the tendency to change people›s procrastination at different evaluation times. However, the interaction effect of time and group has a significance level smaller than 0.05, indicating a significant difference between the average preparation for the tasks of the experimental and control groups at different evaluation times (F=4.439, P=0.043). The effect size of 0.115 indicates a moderate effect. There is also a significant difference between the procrastination tendency of the experimental and control groups at different evaluation times (F=8.348, P=0.007). The effect size of 0.197 indicates a moderate effect. Also, there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups› average anxiety (F=35.62, P=0.000) and quality of life (F=14.57, P=0.001) at different evaluation times. The size of the effect indicates its strength.

Group compassion-focused intervention can be used as an effective therapy in working with students. However, more studies are needed to examine and compare other variables with other evidence-based treatments.

The aim of the present study was to find a structural model for feeling shame and guilty according to the defense mechanisms with the mediation of self-compassion in physically disabled patients. The present study was applicative and the research method was correlation through structural equation modeling method. The statistical population included physically disabled patients hospitalized in specialized centers in zones 17 and 18 in the city of Tehran in the spring of 2020. The patients’ disability resulted from dystrophy, cerebral paralysis, Multiple Sclerosis and spinal cord injury. The sample size in the present study was 250 patients who were selected via convenient sampling method. The research instruments included Defense Mechanisms Questionnaire (Andrews, Singh, Bond, 1993), Self-Compassion Questionnaire (Neff, 2003) and Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA) (Tangeni, 1992). The data analysis was conducted via structural equation modeling through SPSS and Amos software version 23. The results showed that mature defense mechanism, immature defense mechanism, neurotic defense mechanism and self-compassion have had significant direct effect on feeling shame and guilty in physically-disabled patients (p<0.001). Moreover, the results showed that self-compassion has significant mediation role in the relationship of mature defense mechanism, immature defense mechanism and neurotic defense mechanism with feeling shame and guilty besides its direct effect on this feeling in physically disabled patients. Taking the significant mediation role of self-compassion, the clinical therapists are suggested to apply efficient psychological therapy methods such as compassion-based treatment to decrease their feeling shame and guilty through influencing physically-disabled patients’ defense mechanisms.

Infertility is a major negative life event that leads to mental problems and emotional stressful experiences. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of Adlerian group counseling on the existential anxiety and self-compassion in infertile women.

The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study population included all infertile women referred to Kangavar City Infertility Clinic in 2020. The sample size included 34 of them selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned in two experimental (17 women) and control (17 women) groups. For the experimental group, the Adlerian group counseling therapy was delivered in 11 sessions of 90 minutes each over four weeks, while the control group received no training. Data collection tools included the Good's (1974) existential anxiety and Neff's (2003) self-compassion questionnaires. Both groups completed the mentioned questionnaires, once before the intervention (one day before the training start) and once after the intervention (one day after the training sessions completion). For the statistical analysis of the obtained data, the multivariate analysis of covariance in SPSS-24 was used.

The results showed that the Adlerian group counseling therapy had a significant impact on aimlessness of works (F = 39.76 and p<0.001), lack of value for meaning in life (F = 31.22 and p<0.001), lack of interest in performing tasks (F=29.05 and p<0.001), inability to convince others (F=35.43 and p<0.001) and lack of feeling responsible towards others (F=42.56 and p<0.001) and self-compassion (F=45.33 and p<0.001).

The results showed that the Adlerian group counseling therapy has significantly improved self-compassion and reduced existential anxiety in infertile women. Therefore, the use of this intervention is recommended for infertile women.

Type II diabetes significantly impacts the quality of life of affected individuals. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of self-compassion-based intervention on mental health and self-management in patients with type II diabetes.

A semi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and control group was employed. The study included all type II diabetic patients attending a diabetes center in Yazd province. A targeted sampling method was used to select 30 participants, who were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n=15 each). Both groups completed the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Questionnaire (DASS) by Levi Band and Levy Band (1983) before and after the intervention. The experimental group received an 8-session, 1.5-hour compassionate intervention, while the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis.

Compassion-based therapy was found effective in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress in patients with type II diabetes. Additionally, self-affirmation through self-management was effective in diabetes control.

The study suggests that psychological treatments, including self-compassion, should be integrated into programs and services for patients with diabetes to enhance their mental health and self-management

Psychosomatic complaints are symptoms that appear in the human body, but are rooted in the psychological processes. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the three psychological factors such as self-compassion, resilience and difficulty in emotional regulation with psychosomatic complaints.

In the present descriptive-analytical study, the population of study were medical students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences studying in 2017-2018. There were 267 participants who entered the study as convenience sampling. Neff's self-compassion questionnaire, Connor and Davidson's resilience scale, Gratz's and Roemer's difficulty in emotional regulation scale, and Takata's and Sakata's a psychosomatic complaints scale were used to collect information. Collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation, independent t test, one-way analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis.

The mean and standard deviation of psychosomatic symptoms among students was 27.14 ± 14.30. The mean of psychosomatic complaints had an inverse and significant relationship with self-compassion and resilience (r = -0.41 and r = -0.28 and p<0.01) and had a significant direct relationship with difficulty in regulating emotions (r = 0.51 and p<0.01).

The three variables of self-compassion, resilience and difficulty in emotional regulation have a moderate correlation with the severity of psychosomatic symptoms, and among them, the highest correlation was related to the variable of difficulty in emotional regulation. It is suggested to train medical students to increase self-compassion, resilience, and learn emotion management skills.

Diabetes is one of the chronic medical problems with a very rapid spread in the world. his disease is related to the increase in blood sugar in people. to control the blood sugar of patients, it is necessary to encourage them to self-care. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and compassion-based therapy on self-care and glycosylated hemoglobin in diabetic patients.
 This research was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test - post-test plan with a control group.

The statistical population consisted of diabetic patients who were members of the Hamedan Diabetes Association in 1400. 48 of these patients were selected by purposive sampling method and were divided into three groups by simple random method. The cognitive-behavioral therapy program and the compassion-based therapy program were implemented for 8 sessions (twice a week for 90 minutes) and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data collection tools included blood tests and self-care questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Spss-25 statistical software and multivariate covariance analysis method.

The results of this research showed that the compassion-based therapy compared to the Kuntzel treatment reduced glycosylated hemoglobin (P < 0.05) and increased self-care behaviors (P < 0.05). Also, there was a significant difference between the cognitive behavioral therapy and the control group. In the case of glycosylated hemoglobin and self-care behaviors, there was no difference in the post-test phase compared to the pre-test phase. The results of the Bonferroni test showed that the effect of compassion-based therapy on glycosylated hemoglobin and self-care behaviors is greater than that of cognitive-behavioral therapy (P < 0.01).

Conclussion: 

The results of this research showed that compassion-based therapy was more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy in increasing self-care behaviors and improving glycosylated hemoglobin. According to the results of this research, therapists and health professionals can use compassion-based therapy to increase the physical and psychological recovery of diabetic patients. especially blood sugar control and increasing self-care behaviors.

One of the dangerous unhealthy behaviors that are more common during adolescence compared with other periods of life is the self-injury behavior. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on self-concealment, self-compassion and self-injurious behaviors of female students. The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The statistical population of the research was the female high school students in Bandar Turkmen, Iran, during the school years 2022-2023, when 30 students were included by cluster sampling and randomly placed in 2 experimental and control groups (n=15 for each group). The experimental group received dialectical behavior therapy while the control group did not receive any intervention until the end of the study. The research tools included Larson and Justin's self-disclosure questionnaires, Neff's self-compassion, and Klonsky and Glenn's list of self-injury behaviors and functions. The results of the research showed that dialectical behavior therapy was effective on self-concealment, self-compassion and self-injury behaviors of female students (P<0.05). The results indicated that, with a receptive and non-judgmental state of mind and empathy, the dialectical behavior therapy led to the reduction of self-concealment, self-injurious behaviors and enhanced self-compassion in female students.

The purpose of this study was to fitness of causal-structural relationships of quality of work life and self- control with job burnout by mediating self-compassion and emotional regulation strategies in Faraja Corona nurses.

The current research project is applied and descriptive-correlative in nature and structural equation modeling. The statistical population of this research was all the nurses working in the infectious disease (Covid-19) department of two military hospitals in Tehran in the winter of 1400. 300 nurses working in the Covid-19 wards were selected from the above statistical population based on available sampling. To measure the variables, burnout inventory of Maslach and et al (1986), quality of work life questionnaire of Walton and et al (1973), self-control scale of Tangney and et al (2004), short form of the self-compassion scale of Raes and et al (2011), cognitive emotion rregulation questionnaire of Garnefski and Kraaij (2007) were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and structural equation modelling with using SPSS-24 and AMOS software was investigated.

The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between personality types and adaptive cognitive emotional regulation with job burnout (P <0.01). Also, based on the results of the structural model, the direct paths of this research were significant, and the indirect paths of the quality of work life and self-control through the mediating role of self-compassion and adjustment strategies on job burnout were significant and had a good fit (RMSEA=0/016, P-value<0/05).

Based on the results, each of the components has a direct effect on job burnout, and the quality of work life and self-control components have an indirect effect on nurses' job burnout through the mediation of emotion regulation strategies and self-compassion. Increasing the skill of emotion regulation strategies and self-compassion and knowing the factors affecting self- compassion in nurses is an important step in reducing job burnout and improving the quality of work life and productivity in nurses

Resilience is the ability of people to effectively adapt to the environment exposed to dangerous factors. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of teaching self-regulation strategies, motivation, and self-compassion on the resilience of male secondary school students with low academic performance.

The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test, and post-test design with a control group. The subjects of the research included 90 students of the 11th grade of boys' high schools with low academic performance in Tabriz in the academic year of 1402-1401, which were selected by cluster random method and randomly placed in each of the experimental and control groups. The first group received a training course on self-regulating motivational strategies in 10 sessions, the second group underwent 10 sessions of self-compassion training, and the third group (control) continued with their normal classroom programs at the same time. The tool used included the Connor and Davidson resilience questionnaire. Data was analyzed using the covariance test at a significance level of 0.05.

The group that used self-regulation strategies of motivation saw an increase in their resilience scores from an initial mean (standard deviation) of (13.8) 53.7 before the intervention to (16.5) 64 after the intervention. Similarly, the self-compassion group also showed an increase in their resilience scores from an initial mean (standard deviation) of (14.5) 52.5 before the intervention to (16.6. 69) after the intervention. Data analysis using univariate covariance analysis showed that self-regulation strategies of motivation and self-compassion have different effects on resilience and self-compassion training is more effective in increasing resilience.

Planning for interventions to promote literacy among low-achieving male students appears to be more effective if further education is needed. It is recommended that these two trainings be used in schools to improve the resilience of students with low academic performance.

A specific learning disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects not only individuals but also parents, teachers, and the educational system. The current research aims to study the correlation between hope, self-compassion, mental resilience, and school bonding in students with specific learning disorders.

The descriptive research method used in this study was of the correlation type. The statistical population consisted of students with specific learning disorders and their mothers in Tabriz city during the academic year 2018–2019. A total of 132 mothers and students were selected using the available sampling method, and data were collected using Snyder's Hope Scale (1991), Neff's Self-Compassion Scale (2003), Conner and Davidson's Resilience Scale (2003), and Mouton et al.'s School Bonding Scale (1993). Descriptive statistics methods, such as calculating the mean and standard deviation, were used to analyze the statistical data. Additionally, the Pearson correlation test and multiple regression were performed simultaneously using SPSS23 software to analyze the research hypotheses.

Also, according to the statistical results, school bonding has a positive correlation with self-compassion (p=0/001, r=0/338), hope (p=0.001, r=0.601), resilience, common humanity (p=0.005, r=0.050), mindfulness (p=0.005, 231 r=0/0), and resilience (p=0/001, r=0/405), and negative correlation with isolation (p=0/001, r=0/338), and overidentification (r=0/005) p=0, r=0.241), and there is no significant correlation between the self-kindness and self-judgment, with school bonding of students with special learning disorders. Additionally, the results of multiple regression analysis indicate that 47.5% of the changes in the variance of school bonding can be explained by hope, self-compassion, and parental resilience.

The presence of skills such as empathy, self-kindness, non-judgmental attitude towards failures, motivation, goal planning despite obstacles, and resilience in overcoming negative situations or traumatic experiences from mothers has been found to contribute to predicting the academic success of students with specific learning disabilities.

Resilience is a concept presented in the context of positive psychology and has a special place, especially in the fields of developmental psychology, family psychology, and mental health. This study aimed to predict resilience based on self-esteem, self-compassion, and mindfulness in the conditions of public quarantine of Coronavirus. In this descriptive-correlational study, 174 individuals who entered the psychological services clinic in Qazvin from October to February 2020, simultaneously with the third wave of Coronavirus outbreak and mandatory quarantine declaration, were selected by purposeful sampling. After obtaining informed consent, the scales of resilience, self-esteem, self-compassion, and mindfulness were used to collect information. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression. There was a significant positive relationship between resilience and self-compassion, mindfulness, and self-esteem (F=139.24, p<0.01). The results of multivariate regression analysis indicated that variables of self-esteem and self-compassion could predict resilience with β=0.37 and β=0.59, respectively (p<0.01); and mindfulness could not predict resilience (p>0.05). The results showed that self-esteem and self-compassion were associated with resilience in quarantined individuals; and mindfulness was not related to resilience. Therefore, in order to increase the resilience of the society in the post-Corona conditions and similar critical conditions such as communicable diseases or natural disasters, teachings related to self-compassion and self-esteem can be helpful.

Due to the complexity of the industrial society, the number of people exposed to injury and the problems that people face increases. Students are a group of people who face many challenges daily. Students face scientific, social, financial and competitive pressures and obstacles. Therefore, resilience plays an essential role in the well-being and success of students. Studies show the role of self-compassion, empathy, and spiritual well-being in individual resilience, and there is a research gap in examining the resilience of people who use emotion-oriented coping strategies. This research was conducted with the aim of explaining the mediating role of emotion-oriented coping strategy in the relationship between self-compassion, empathy and spiritual well-being with resilience in students.

The method of the present research was a descriptive correlation of the type of structural equations and the statistical population of the study included all students of the Islamic Azad University of Yazd branch in the academic year 1401-1402, 420 of whom were selected by a one-stage cluster sampling method and 20 people from the sample group, the data of 400 of them were analyzed. The data collection tools included Connor and Davidson resilience questionnaire (2003), Rice self-compassion questionnaire (2011), Davis empathy questionnaire (1983), spiritual well-being questionnaire (1982) and Lazarus and Folkman coping strategies questionnaire (1980). . Data analysis was also done by structural equation modeling and PLS.

The obtained findings indicate that the resilience model based on self-compassion, empathy and spiritual well-being with the mediating role of emotion-oriented coping strategy in students has a good fit. 05/.

According to the findings obtained in the present study, it seems that emotion-oriented coping strategies play a mediating role in the relationship between self-compassion, empathy, and spiritual well-being with resilience in students. The results of this research can be a guide for higher education centers, families and counselors in order to improve emotion-oriented coping strategies, self-compassion, empathy and spiritual well-being in students and improve resilience.

Depression is the most common psychological disorder during pregnancy. Maternal depression affects the health of the baby. Some psychological techniques, including self-compassion training, are effective in reducing depressive symptoms. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-compassion and depression in pregnant women.

This is a descriptive-correlational study. The study population consists of all pregnant women referred to the comprehensive health centers in Kermanshah, Iran. Sampling was done using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The data were collected using a demographic form, the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, and the self-compassion scale. Collected data were analyzed in SPSS statistical software, version 26.

Participants were 527 pregnant women. The results of Spearman’s correlation test showed a negative and significant relationship between self-compassion and depression in pregnant women (r=-0.153, P<0.05). According to the results of logistic regression analysis, the components of self-kindness, common humanity, and had a role in predicting depression in pregnant women.

There is a negative and significant relationship between self-compassion and depression in pregnant women; the increase in self-compassion can reduce the depression symptoms. It is recommended that health care workers use the self-compassion training to reduce the depression of pregnant women.

The present study aims to compare the effects of emotion regulation training and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on the resilience and self-compassion of women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test/follow-up design. The study population consists of 300 women with IBS who visited the clinics of internal medicine physicians in Ilam, Iran, in 2018-2019. The sample size was determined 20 for each group based on the Fleiss method. Therefore, 60 were selected by a simple cluster sampling method and based on the entry criteria. They were divided into three groups of emotion regulation (n=20), MBCT (n=20), and control (n=20). After the interventions, the post-test and follow-up assessments were conducted for the groups. The instruments were the Connor-Davidson resilience scale and the self-compassion scale of Neff (2003). For data analysis, SPSS software, version 23 and repeated measures analysis of variance were used.

Both emotion regulation training and MBCT had a significant effect on the resilience and self-compassion of women (P=0.001), where MBCT had a greater effect compared to emotional regulation training.

The MBCT can be used as an effective method to increase resilience and self-compassion of women with IBS.