Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness based on stress reduction and desensitization with eye movements on self-regulation and post-traumatic stress disorder in high school students

Subject Areas : Psychology

Seiran Heshami ¹ (Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran )
banijamali Shokohsadat ² (Department of Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.)
shirin kooshki ³ (Associate Professor, central Tehran Branch Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Javad Khalatbari ⁴ (Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Department of Psychology, Rasht, Iran.)
Bita Nasrolahi ⁵ (Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2020-11-01 Accepted : 2021-08-07 Published : 2024-08-04

Keywords: Mindfulness, Eye movement desensitization, Self-regulation, Post-traumatic stress disorder, first and second year high school students,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness based on stress reduction and desensitization with eye movements and reprocessing on self-regulation and post-traumatic stress disorder in students. This research was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test design and sampling available. The statistical population of this study was the students of the first and second year of high school in Sarpol-e-Zahab city. After completing the Mississippi Citizenship Scale(Mississippi scale for PTSD, keane, Cadell& Taylor,1998) and the Beaufort Self-Regulatory Questionnaire( Bouffard, Boisvert, Vezeau & Larouche ,1995), 45 adolescents were randomly selected and randomly divided into three groups of 15, including two experimental groups and a control group. The first experimental group underwent desensitization with eye movements for 6 sessions of 90 minutes and the second experimental group underwent stress reduction intervention mindfulness intervention for 8 sessions of 2 hours. All three groups were followed up again 60 days later. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and covariance and Scheffe post hoc test. The results showed that both of the above therapies can improve self-regulation and post-traumatic stress disorder in post-test and follow-up(P<0.05).

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