Comparison of cognitive behavioral therapy based on mindfulness and forgiveness therapy on self-inhibition of anger in teenage girls with destructive mood dysregulation disorder.

The presence of mental disorders among teenagers has always affected the mental health of society..The purpose of this research is to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy based on mindfulness and forgiveness therapy on increasing anger self-inhibition in teenage girls with destructive mood dysregulation disorder. Semi-experimental research method was pre-test-post-test type with control group. The statistical population of this research was all students with symptoms of mood disorder in the first and second year of high school, aged 14-17 years in Baharestan city in 2021. Among these, 54 people were randomly selected based on the available sampling method, 17 people were in the remission therapy group, 19 people were in the cognitive-behavioral group based on mindfulness, and 18 people were in the control group. The research tool included Strigerzo et al.'s emotional reactivity scale, Quinn, Dozes and Eugene Wayne's cognitive errors questionnaire and Abedi's state metacognition questionnaire. Subjects in two experimental groups were subjected to cognitive behavioral therapy intervention based on mindfulness, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Multivariate analysis of covariance and Benferoni test were used for data analysis. The results of the data analysis showed that both test groups had a significant role (P<0.05) in increasing the variable of self-inhibition and its components. And the effect of both groups was reported almost equally. According to the findings of the research, cognitive behavioral therapy based on mindfulness and forgiveness therapy can be used to increase the self-control of anger in adolescents with destructive mood dysregulation.