The effectiveness of Barlow's extra diagnostic treatment on emotional self-control of adolescents with nomophobia

Subject Areas : Adolescent health

Fatemeh Esfahani Karbasizadeh ¹ , Ahmad Abedi ² , Mohammad Reza Abedi ³

1 - Doctoral student of Counselling, Department of Counseling, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran (corresponding author) [e-mail] Tel: [phone]
3 - Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2023-10-28 Accepted : 2023-12-30 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: Adolescents, Barlow's over diagnosis, Emotional self-control, Nomophobia,

Abstract :

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Introduction: Trans diagnostic treatments are third wave treatments that can be effective in emotional self-control and achieving mental health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Barlow's extra diagnostic treatment on emotional self-control of 14-18-year-old adolescents with nomophobia. Research method: The research design is semi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and follow-up with a control group. 32 adolescent girls were selected from among adolescents aged 14-18 years old in Isfahan city and then randomly replaced in two groups of 16 people, experimental and control. The experimental group received Barlow et al.'s met diagnostic therapy in the form of 12 90-minute sessions. The research tools of Nomophobia Questionnaire were developed by Azadmanesh et al. and emotional self-control. The data was analyzed by variance analysis with repeated measurements and SPSS version 23 software. Findings: The results of the research showed at a significant level (P<0.01) that Barlow's trans diagnostic treatment was effective on emotional self-control. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that, along with other psychological treatments, Barlow's meta-diagnostic treatment can be used especially for the emotional self-control of adolescents with nomophobia, so that adolescents can reach self-control from another control.

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