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Mirali Bidakhavidi Y, Jandaghi B, Smkhani Akbarinejhad H. Comparing the Effectiveness of Compassion-focused Therapy and Short-term Solution-focused Therapy on Self-esteem and Aggression in Female Adolescents with Self-injurious Behaviors. JHC 2024; 26 (4) :328-342
URL: http://hcjournal.arums.ac.ir/article-1-1571-en.html
URL: http://hcjournal.arums.ac.ir/article-1-1571-en.html
Department of Law, Hoda Faculty, Qom, Iran
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Background: Self-injury is one of the problems that causes many psychological and social harms. Its prevalence in adolescents is very high and it has become a serious problem. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) with Short-Term Solution-Focused Therapy (STSFT) on self-esteem and aggression in female adolescents with self-injurious behaviors.
Methods: This study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control group design. The study population included all female students with self-injurious behaviors attending the second high school level in the 1402-1403 (2024) academic year in Tabriz City. A total of 45 people were selected using a non-random purposeful sampling method and randomly divided into three groups (15 participants each). Members of the compassion-focused therapy group and the short-term solution-focused therapy group received their specific intervention in 8 and 6 sessions of 1.5 hours each. The control group received no treatment. Both groups completed the Cooper Smith (1976) 58-question self-esteem questionnaire and Buss and Perry (1992) 29-question aggression questionnaire, before, after, and 4 months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc tests using SPSS-26 software.
Results: There was no significant difference between the scores of self-esteem and aggression in the experimental and control groups at the pre-test (p<0.05). The results showed that CFT and STSFT increased self-esteem and decreased aggression in female adolescents with self-injurious behaviors at the post-test, compared with the control group (p<0.001). The effects of CFT and STSFT on self-esteem and aggression persisted at the follow-up (p<0.001). In addition, the effects of CFT and STSFT on self-esteem and aggression at post-test and follow-up were insignificant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, compassion-focused therapy, and short-term solution-focused therapy may be effective in enhancing the self-esteem and reducing the aggression of female adolescents with self-injurious behaviors. Therefore, these two therapeutic approaches can be used to reduce the problems arising from self-injury among teenage females, including reducing aggression and improving their self-esteem
Methods: This study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control group design. The study population included all female students with self-injurious behaviors attending the second high school level in the 1402-1403 (2024) academic year in Tabriz City. A total of 45 people were selected using a non-random purposeful sampling method and randomly divided into three groups (15 participants each). Members of the compassion-focused therapy group and the short-term solution-focused therapy group received their specific intervention in 8 and 6 sessions of 1.5 hours each. The control group received no treatment. Both groups completed the Cooper Smith (1976) 58-question self-esteem questionnaire and Buss and Perry (1992) 29-question aggression questionnaire, before, after, and 4 months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc tests using SPSS-26 software.
Results: There was no significant difference between the scores of self-esteem and aggression in the experimental and control groups at the pre-test (p<0.05). The results showed that CFT and STSFT increased self-esteem and decreased aggression in female adolescents with self-injurious behaviors at the post-test, compared with the control group (p<0.001). The effects of CFT and STSFT on self-esteem and aggression persisted at the follow-up (p<0.001). In addition, the effects of CFT and STSFT on self-esteem and aggression at post-test and follow-up were insignificant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, compassion-focused therapy, and short-term solution-focused therapy may be effective in enhancing the self-esteem and reducing the aggression of female adolescents with self-injurious behaviors. Therefore, these two therapeutic approaches can be used to reduce the problems arising from self-injury among teenage females, including reducing aggression and improving their self-esteem
Keywords: Compassion-focused Therapy, Short-term Solution-focused Therapy, Self-esteem, Aggression, Self- injurious Behaviors
Type of Study: quasi-experimental |
Subject:
Psychiatric Nursing
Received: 2024/07/2 | Accepted: 2024/12/10 | Published: 2024/12/30
Received: 2024/07/2 | Accepted: 2024/12/10 | Published: 2024/12/30
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