Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training on Quality of Life Among Women With Anxiety

Subject Areas : روان‌شناسی تحولی

Masoud Karimifar ¹

1 - MA in Psychology

Received: 2017-10-01 Accepted : 2017-10-01 Published : 2017-06-22

Keywords: Anxiety, Women, quality of life, emotion regulation, Gross model,

Abstract :

his study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of emotion regulation training based on Gross model on quality of life among women with anxiety. The study design was pretest-posttest control group. Twenty six females who had the inclusion criteria of the study were selected from 13th district of Tehran, Iran by cluster sampling. The participants randomly assigned into either the experimental (n=13) or control group (n=13). The experimental group received emotion regulation training for 8 sessions (75 minutes a session). Both groups completed the WHOQOL-BREF at pretest, posttest, and three month follow up. The result indicated that the scores of quality of life significantly increased in experimental group compared with the control group. The effects of training on the variables maintained after three months. Since emotions play important role in promoting quality of life at individual, family and social level sand in developing awareness of cognitive processes, a program that regulates emotion and strengthen adjustment strategies can improve person’s ability in different domains of life.  

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