Investigating the Effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Attachment Styles and Dimensions of Identity Transformation in Adolescents
Subject Areas : Adolescent healthlaleh Yari 1 , Nahid Zeyni Hasanvand 2 , Mehdi Yousefvand 3
1 - PhD Student in Counselling, Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran
2 - Corresponding author: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Boroujerd, Iran, Email: N.Hasanvand@abru.ac.ir, tell: 02123224567
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 14665-889, Tehran, Iran mehdiyousefvand3@gmail.com
Keywords: Adolescent, Attachment Styles, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Identity Transformation ,
Abstract :
Abstract Introduction: Adolescence is an important period of social, psychological and physical development and they make important choices about health, growth, attitudes and health behaviors that affect their adulthood. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of dialectical behavior therapy on attachment styles and dimensions of identity transformation in adolescents. Research method: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The research population included all adolescent girls between the ages of 13 and 16 in district 1 of Baharestan city who studied in the 7th to 10th grades in the academic year of 2022-2023, who were referred to the education counseling center in 2022, and out of this number, 2 A group of 20 people was selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into experimental group and control group, and Hazen and Shiver attachment styles questionnaire and Berzonsky identity dimensions questionnaire in three pre-test, post-test and follow-up sessions answered. The subjects of the experimental group were subjected to dialectical behavior therapy, 1 session of 60 minutes per week, but no training was given to the control group. The data were statistically analyzed with SPSS software and using the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements and a significant level of p < 0.05. Findings: The results showed that dialectical behavior therapy is significant on attachment styles and dimensions of identity transformation. Conclusion: According to the results of this research, it can be said that the goal of dialectical behavior therapy is to increase behaviors that probably lead to safe and healthy attachment style and healthy identity transformation in teenagers, and these rewards are internal or external.
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