The Effect of Written Emotional Disclosure in Aggression and Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation of youth with Oppositional Defiant Disorder: A Single Subject Study

The aim of study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of WED impulsivity and aggression in adolescents with ODD. current study was conducted using a single subject experimental design. diagnosis of ODD according to the SNAP-IV ,Scale DSM5, Eisenbach. In order to assess aggression and impulsivity and difficulty in emotion regulation, Bass & Perry Aggression(1992) and Five Factors of impulsivity by Linham et al (2001) and Roemer and Graz(2004) ER were completed by participants at the beginning and during intervention sessions. The magnitude of the effect of aggression on the Bass and Perry scale according to the Cohen index for the first to third participants was 0,56, 0,41 and 0,47respectively. The rate of recovery after the intervention was 45, 35 and 49% and the follow-up stage was 47,41and 50%. The magnitude of the effect of the five-factor scale, according to the Cohen index for three participants is equal to0,40, 0,53 and 0,52 respectively, and the rate of recovery after the intervention was 47, 52 and 47% .the follow-up stage was 47,51 and 50%.The magnitude of the effect of difficulty in regulating emotion, according to the Cohen index for three subjects is equal to 0,41, 0,38 and 0,37, respectively.The rate of recovery after the intervention was 35,44 and 37% and the follow-up stage was 37, 41 and 35%. Reduction in aggression and impulsivity dimensions. The results showed that WED of emotion can be useful in psychological interventions based on reducing aggression, impulsivity and difficulty in emotional regulation of adolescents with ODD.