Clinical Psychology Achievements

The Comparing Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Emotional Dysregulation in People with Social Anxiety Disorder

https://doi.org/10.22055/jacp.2025.49562.1479
Volume 11, Issue 3
Spring 2025
Pages 71-84
Clinical Psychology Achievements

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Iman Hemmatyar 1
Alireza Aghayousefi 2
Hakime Aghaei 3
Seyed Mosa Tabatabaee 4

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Psychology, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.

4 Asistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to comparing effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on emotional dysregulation in people with social anxiety disorder. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. The statistical population of the present study was all patients with generalized anxiety disorder in Tehran city in winter year 2024. In the first stage, the number of 45 patients with a score of 19 and above on the social anxiety disorder scale was selected and then randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (each group 15 people) and one control group (15 people) were replaced and experimental groups underwent emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data social phobia inventory (SPIN) of Connor and et al (2000) and difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS) of Gratz and Roemer (2004). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-28 software with Mancova and Bonferroni. The results of the study showed that of both interventions had a significant effect on emotional dysregulation in people with social anxiety disorder (p<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that emotion-focused therapy is more effective (p<0.05). It can be concluded that that, in addition effectiveness of both treatments, the priority of use in the treatment of problems patients with social anxiety disorder is with emotion-focused therapy.

Keywords

Emotional Dysregulation
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Social Anxiety Disorder
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