Effectiveness of Integrated Meta-Diagnostic Therapy on Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Psychological Resilience of Veterans' Spouses

The spouses of psychiatric veterans are exposed to various psychological traumas due to their spouseschr('39') special circumstances. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of integrated meta-diagnostic treatment on veteranschr('39') spouseschr('39') cognitive emotion regulation and psychological resilience.

  The present quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest with a control group on the spouses of psychiatric veterans in Tehran. Using the voluntary sampling method from June to September 2016, by referring to the Tehranchr('39')s District 4 Veterans Medical Centers and distributing voluntary forms among the veteranschr('39') spouses, 30 veteran spouses were selected from among the volunteers and randomly selected in experimental groups, and Controls were assigned. Cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire and resilience scale were used to collect data. The experimental group received integrated meta-diagnostic treatment for two and a half months in 10 90-minute sessions, one session per week. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23 statistical software and analysis of covariance.

The mean scores of cognitive regulation of emotion and its dimensions and psychological resilience of veteranschr('39') spouses increased in the experimental group. 57% changes in cognitive emotion regulation component (F=31.62; p=0.0001), 52% changes in psychological resilience component (F=26.05; p=0.0001), 37% changes in emotional inhibition dimension (F=13.21; p=0.001) and 49% changes in the cognitive reassessment dimension (F=21.45; p=0.0001) of veteranschr('39') spouses were explained by implementing integrated meta-diagnostic treatment.

Integrated meta-diagnostic therapy can be used as an effective treatment to improve veteranschr('39') spouseschr('39') cognitive emotion regulation and psychological resilience.