Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Native Package of Forgiveness based on Ancient Persian Literature with Worthington's Therapeutic Forgiveness on Emotional Dyslexia and Emotional Safety of Teenagers Attempting Suicide in Isfahan City
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapyReza Homaei 1 , Alireza Maredpour 2 , Armin Mahmudi 3
1 - PhD. Student of Psycology, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran (Corresponding Author).
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psycology, Yasuj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran.
Keywords: treatment Forgiveness, Worthington method treatment Forgiveness, Worthington method forgiveness, Alexithymia, emotional safety, Suicide, Alexithymia, emotional safety, Suicide.,
Abstract :
Purpose: The aim of the present study was the Compassion of treatment method forgiveness and compare it with effectiveness of Worthington method forgiveness of treatment on Alexithymia and Emotional Safety of Adolescents attempting Suicide in Isfahan.
Methodology: The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post- test and follow up with control group. The statistical population included all adolescents in the age group of 16 to 18 years who committed suicide in Isfahan city in 2021 and sample size included 90 people, 30 of whom were randomly selected in the experimental group (treatment method forgiveness), 30 people in the experimental group (Worthington method forgiveness of treatment) and 30 in the control group and selected by available sampling method. Indigenous package based on ancient Persian literature of forgiveness (based on poems by Ferdowsi, Nezami, Khayyam, Molavi, Saadi and Roudaki) was implemented for adolescents who attempted suicide in the experimental group (in 8 sessions). Measurement tools included the 13- item Emotional Safety Questionnaire of Casey Family Service Center (2007) and the 20-item Alexithymia Questionnaire of Bagby, Parker and Taylor (1994). Multivariate analysis of variance test was used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of Worthington's forgiveness therapy and native package made by the researcher on the emotional safety of adolescents attempting suicide (P<0.05).
Conclusion: There was also a There was no significant difference between the effectiveness of Worthington's forgiveness therapy and native package made by the researcher on emotional dyslexia of adolescents attempting suicide.
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