The effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy on self-compassion, emotion control and distress tolerance of female students with self-injurious behaviors

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy on self-compassion, emotion control, and distress tolerance of female students with self-injurious behaviors.Methods: The method of the current research was a semi-experimental experiment with a pre-test-post-test design with an experimental group and a control group. The statistical population of the research included all second-grade female teenagers with self-harm behaviors in Sari city in the academic year ۲۰۲۳-۲۰۲۴. The sample selection process in the present study included two stages: the first stage was selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method of self-injurious behaviors questionnaire in order to screen adolescents with self-injurious behaviors. In the next stage, among teenagers with self-harm behaviors, ۳۶ people were selected by simple random sampling and were specialized in ۲ groups. To collect data, Gratez's self-injurious behaviors questionnaire (۲۰۰۱), Neff's Self-compassion Scale(۲۰۰۳), Williams et al.'s Affective Control Scale(۱۹۹۷) and Simmons and Gaher's distress tolerance scale(DTS) (۲۰۰۵) were used. The experimental group received emotion regulation therapy in ۸ sessions of ۹۰ minutes in a group manner, and the control group did not receive any therapy.Results: The results indicated that emotion regulation treatment has improved self-compassion, emotion regulation and improved distress tolerance in students with self-injurious behaviors(p

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emotion regulation ، self-compassion ، Emotion control ، Distress tolerance ، self-injurious behaviors