Treatment based on acceptance and commitment enriched with compassion, on emotional inadequacy, anxiety and social adjustment of shy teenage girls.
Design
The field method was used and then two schools were selected by cluster sampling. Then 36 people were selected as a sample in a non-random manner, and they were placed in two groups of 18 experimental and 18 control.
Settings and conduct
Ferdows High School. After receiving permission from two schools and after coordination, the shyness questionnaire was first administered to the students. 36 people were selected as a sample and were placed in the experimental and control groups, and treatment was administered to the experimental group. No intervention was performed in the control group. One week after the end of the treatment in the experimental group, the questionnaires were again distributed to both groups.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
High score in shyness questionnaire
Failure to receive clinical or pharmaceutical counseling services
Not having a psychological disorder outside the variables
Exclusion criteria:
Reluctance to participate
Having a psychological illness interfering with the results
Intervention groups
The experimental group consists of shy adolescent girls who receive an acceptance and commitment therapy intervention enriched with compassion. The control group consists of shy adolescent girls who do not receive the intervention.
The effectiveness of Compassion-Enriched Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Alexithymia , anxiety and social adjustment of shy adolescent girls
Public title
The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on shyness
Purpose
Supportive
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Having a high score in the shyness questionnaire (a score higher than 28 in the shyness questionnaire)
Not receiving clinical or pharmaceutical counseling services at the same time as the research
Not having a disease or psychological disorder outside of the variables discussed in the research
Exclusion criteria:
Unwillingness to continue participating in research
Absence more than 2 times in treatment sessions
Having a disease or psychological disorders interfering in the results, during the implementation of the research
receiving drug treatment or clinical interventions at the time of conducting the research
Age
From 15 years old to 18 years old
Gender
Female
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
36
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Not randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Other
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of azad University of sari branch
Street address
Shahband Street, nezam mohandesi Street, in front of kushasang 5
Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Alexithymia
Timepoint
The effect of therapy based on acceptance and commitment, enriched with compassion, on emotional distress. Measurement of emotional distress is performed before the intervention and after its completion.
Method of measurement
Toronto Emotional Dysfunction Questionnaire
2
Description
social anxiety
Timepoint
The effect of therapy based on acceptance and commitment enriched with compassion on social anxiety, measurement of social anxietyis done before the start of the intervention and after its completion.
Method of measurement
Social Anxiety Questionnaire (SPIN)
3
Description
Increase social adjustment
Timepoint
The effect of therapy based on acceptance and commitment enriched with compassion on social adjustment. Measurement of social adjustment is done before the start of the intervention and after its completion.
Method of measurement
California Social Adjustment Questionnaire Thorpe et al
Secondary outcomes
empty
Intervention groups
1
Description
In this study, acceptance and commitment therapy enriched with compassion is an intervention designed based on the Hayes and Gilbert guidelines. The treatment will be implemented in 8 90-minute sessions, 1 session per week. The goals and content of the sessions are as follows:1.Introducing therapy sessions and conducting a pre-test, introducing and getting to know the group members, stating the group rules and goals, introducing ACT therapy focused on compassion, suffering, healing, and introducing the causes of human suffering.2.Efficiency as a measurement criterion, creating creative despair, introducing emotion regulation systems, introducing types of human suffering, introducing types of human needs, introducing dimensions of compassion 3.Expressing control as a problem, the conscious brain 4.Using cognitive decoupling techniques, interfering with the functioning of problematic language chains, weakening self-alignment with thoughts and emotions 5.Weakening the self-concept and expressing oneself as an observer, demonstrating the separation between self, inner experiences and behavior, applying mindfulness techniques, performing imagery, introducing the characteristics of a kind person. 6.Modeling going out of mind, learning to see inner experiences as a process, introducing different dimensions of compassionate attention, introducing non-judgmentalism 7.Showing the dangers of focusing on results, discovering practical values in life, retelling the characteristics of a kind person, introducing kind behavior, introducing types of compassionate behavior. 8.Determining patterns of action consistent with values, reintroducing kind behavior, conducting a post-test
Category
Other
2
Description
Control group: No activity was done on the control group, and after the intervention on the experimental group, the two groups were compared again.
Category
Other
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Ferdos high school
Full name of responsible person
seyedeh robabeh khatami
Street address
tabarestan street , khazar Blvd
City
sari
Province
Mazandaran
Postal code
4816818949
Phone
+98 11 3320 4256
Email
Ferdoshighschool75@gmail.com
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University
Full name of responsible person
Mahla lavasani
Street address
Joybar av
City
Sari
Province
Mazandaran
Postal code
4816789845
Phone
+98 11 3336 1700
Email
Lavasanimahla72@gmail.com
Grant name
No
Grant code / Reference number
نداریم
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
No
Title of funding source
No
Proportion provided by this source
1
Public or private sector
Private
Domestic or foreign origin
Domestic
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
Other
Person responsible for general inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University
Full name of responsible person
seyedeh mahla lavasani
Position
master of clinical psychology
Latest degree
Master
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
shahband street , nezam mohandesi street , in front of koosha sang 5 , sargol apartment
City
sari
Province
Mazandaran
Postal code
4816789845
Phone
+98 11 3360 8778
Email
lavasanimahla72@gmail.com
Person responsible for scientific inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University
Full name of responsible person
seyedeh mahla lavasani
Position
master of clinical psychology
Latest degree
Master
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
shahband street , nezam mohandesi street , in front of kousha sang 5 , sargol apartment
City
sari
Province
Mazandaran
Postal code
4816789845
Phone
+98 11 3360 8778
Email
lavasanimahla72@gmail.com
Person responsible for updating data
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamic Azad University
Full name of responsible person
Seyedeh mahla lavasani
Position
Master of clinical psychology
Latest degree
Master
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
In front of kushasang5,nezam mohandesi Street, shahband Street
City
Sari
Province
Mazandaran
Postal code
4816789845
Phone
+98 11 3360 8778
Email
Lavasanimahla72@gmail.com
Sharing plan
Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Study Protocol
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Statistical Analysis Plan
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Informed Consent Form
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Clinical Study Report
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Analytic Code
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Data Dictionary
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available
Title and more details about the data/document
All of the data can be shared All data is shareable except information with which individuals can be identified
When the data will become available and for how long
Access starts 6 months after the results are published
To whom data/document is available
Researchers and students in the field of mental health
Under which criteria data/document could be used
No special conditions are required
From where data/document is obtainable
For researchers and students in the field of mental health
Please refer to the email address lavasanimahla72@gmail.com
What processes are involved for a request to access data/document
The data will be provided to the applicant after receiving the email and necessary review