Volume 11, Issue 4 (November 2024)
Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology 2024, 11(4): 181-191 |
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Bahri F, Ghanadzadegan H A, Fakhri M K. Comparative Effects of Meta-diagnostic and Self-compassion-based Psychotherapies on Positive Metaemotions in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Patients. Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology 2024; 11 (4) :181-191
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1- Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran ,faezehbahri87@gmail.com
2- Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran ,
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Background and Objective: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic and debilitating disorder that manifests itself in the form of excessive and uncontrollable worry. Numerous biological and psychological factors can cause and perpetuate this disorder. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the comparative effects of meta-diagnostic and self-compassion-based psychotherapies on positive metaemotions in GAD patients.
Materials and Methods: The research method employed a semi-experimental design, conducted in the form of a pre-test-post-test study with two intervention groups and a control group. The target population in this study was all patients with GAD referred to counseling centers in Mashhad, Iran, in 2023. From this population, 45 patients were selected using convenience sampling and randomly divided into three groups of 15 people each. They were then randomly assigned to two intervention groups and a control group, which was reduced to 13 people during the intervention. The positive metaemotions scale of Beer and Monta (2010) was used to collect data; meta-diagnostic therapy sessions were conducted for 10 sessions, and self-compassion therapy sessions were conducted for the intervention groups. No intervention was performed for the control group. Covariance analysis and SPSS (version 25.0) software were used to analyze the data.
Results: No significant difference was found between metadiagnostic psychotherapy and self-compassion in the variable of positive metaemotions (confidence in silencing thoughts and emotions, confidence in interpreting one's emotions as signs, and confidence in setting goals). In other words, both interventions improved the results compared to the control group, without any significant difference between them.
Conclusion: Given the nature of integrated psychotherapy, which is based on meta-diagnostic principles, and psychotherapy, which is based on self-compassion, these two therapeutic methods are recommended to increase positive metaemotions.
Materials and Methods: The research method employed a semi-experimental design, conducted in the form of a pre-test-post-test study with two intervention groups and a control group. The target population in this study was all patients with GAD referred to counseling centers in Mashhad, Iran, in 2023. From this population, 45 patients were selected using convenience sampling and randomly divided into three groups of 15 people each. They were then randomly assigned to two intervention groups and a control group, which was reduced to 13 people during the intervention. The positive metaemotions scale of Beer and Monta (2010) was used to collect data; meta-diagnostic therapy sessions were conducted for 10 sessions, and self-compassion therapy sessions were conducted for the intervention groups. No intervention was performed for the control group. Covariance analysis and SPSS (version 25.0) software were used to analyze the data.
Results: No significant difference was found between metadiagnostic psychotherapy and self-compassion in the variable of positive metaemotions (confidence in silencing thoughts and emotions, confidence in interpreting one's emotions as signs, and confidence in setting goals). In other words, both interventions improved the results compared to the control group, without any significant difference between them.
Conclusion: Given the nature of integrated psychotherapy, which is based on meta-diagnostic principles, and psychotherapy, which is based on self-compassion, these two therapeutic methods are recommended to increase positive metaemotions.
Keywords: Comparison of Meta Diagnosis, Self-compassion Psychotherapy, Positive Metaemotions, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Article Type: Research Article |
Subject:
Anxiety and Stress
Received: 2025/03/7 | Accepted: 2025/06/9 | Published: 2024/11/5
Received: 2025/03/7 | Accepted: 2025/06/9 | Published: 2024/11/5
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