The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy on Self-Regulation, Psychological Capital and Positive Development in Anxious Adolescents
Keywords:
Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy, Self-Regulation, Psychological Capital, Positive Development, Anxious AdolescentsAbstract
Background and Objective: Anxious adolescents have poorer functioning compared to non-anxious adolescents, which these functions can mention weakness in self-regulation, psychological capital and positive development. Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused cognitive behavioral group therapy on self-regulation, psychological capital and positive development in anxious adolescents.
Methods and Materials: This research was a quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The research population was anxious adolescents referring to counseling centers of education in Tehran city in the 2022-2023 academic years, which number of 30 anxious adolescents were selected as a sample with using purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into two equal groups. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90 minute by emotion-focused cognitive behavioral group therapy and during this time the control group did not receive any intervention and remained on the waiting list. The research instruments were included the questionnaires of anxiety (Spielberger et al., 1983), self-regulation (Ibanez et al., 2005), psychological capital (Luthans et al., 2007) and positive development (Geldhof et al., 2014) and the data were analyzed with using the univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance methods in SPSS software.
Findings: The findings showed that emotion-focused cognitive behavioral group therapy increased self-regulation, psychological capital (including hope, resilience, optimism and self-efficacy) and positive development (including competence, confidence, connection, character and caring) in anxious adolescents (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of emotion-focused cognitive behavioral group therapy on improving psychological characteristics in anxious adolescents, it is recommended that therapists and counselors use this method in their interventions.
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