The Effect of Emotional Regulation Instruction on Alexithymia of High School Students

Aim and Background: Inability in cognitive processing, emotional awareness, and emotion regulation is called Alexithymia. The alexithymia is a common problem among people. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional regulation instruction on alexithymia of high school students...

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Main Authors: Shiva Ahmadi, Mustafa Bolghan-Abadi
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Language:fas
Published: Armaqan Danesh Firoozeh 2019-10-01
Series:Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī
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Online Access:http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-672-en.html
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description Aim and Background: Inability in cognitive processing, emotional awareness, and emotion regulation is called Alexithymia. The alexithymia is a common problem among people. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional regulation instruction on alexithymia of high school students. Methods and Materials: The research method was a semi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study included all female secondary high school students of Neyshabur who studying in the academic year of 2017-18. Among 20 high school students, 30 subjects were selected clustered sampling method and assigned in two control group (n=15) and experimental group randomly (n=15). The intervention program was conducted in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, weekly for the experimental group and the control group received was in wait list. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis Findings: The findings of the study showed that emotional regulation training reduced alexithymia (p<.001). Conclusions: To explain the above results, it can be said that are affected by the emotional ordering of individuals, so that the training of emotional regulation skills reduces alexithymia.
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spelling doaj.art-dbb973f23d0749629566378924df13912023-09-03T12:16:50ZfasArmaqan Danesh FiroozehTaḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī1735-20292008-82482019-10-01173359366The Effect of Emotional Regulation Instruction on Alexithymia of High School StudentsShiva Ahmadi0Mustafa Bolghan-Abadi1 M.A in Clinical Psychology, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran Assistant Professor, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran Aim and Background: Inability in cognitive processing, emotional awareness, and emotion regulation is called Alexithymia. The alexithymia is a common problem among people. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional regulation instruction on alexithymia of high school students. Methods and Materials: The research method was a semi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study included all female secondary high school students of Neyshabur who studying in the academic year of 2017-18. Among 20 high school students, 30 subjects were selected clustered sampling method and assigned in two control group (n=15) and experimental group randomly (n=15). The intervention program was conducted in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, weekly for the experimental group and the control group received was in wait list. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis Findings: The findings of the study showed that emotional regulation training reduced alexithymia (p<.001). Conclusions: To explain the above results, it can be said that are affected by the emotional ordering of individuals, so that the training of emotional regulation skills reduces alexithymia.http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-672-en.htmlemotion regulation instructionstudentsfemalealexithymia
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