Author/Authors :
Ghavasi, Farideh Department of Psychology - Islamic Azad University of Bojnurd, North Khorasan, Iran , Akbarzadeh, Iman Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - Biotechnology Research Center - Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran , Siran Hesari, Benyamin Department of English Language - Faculty of Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran , Shams, Jamal Applied Behavioral Sciences Research Center - Department of Psychiatry - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Mohammadian Ghezelghabr, Rasoul Department of Clinical Psychology - Faculty of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Fatemizadeh, Mahdi Department of Clinical Psychology - Taleghani Educational Hospital - Faculty of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of group dialectical behavior
therapy on emotional regulation and rumination among female students with traumatic experiences.
The traumatic experiences among teenagers and young females have various negative impacts on
their future life.
Methods: With reference to the Counseling Center of Education Ministry of Mashhad City. 24
female students with traumatic symptoms were selected in this quasi-experimental study to
participate in this study. They were assigned randomly into control and experimental groups using
the traumatic events questionnaire and the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID). In the pre-test,
post-test and two-month follow-up, the difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale of Gratz and
Roemer (DERS) was conducted. The experimental participants spent 14 sessions of group
dialectical behavior therapy.
Results: The results demonstrated that there were a significant difference between mean scores of
emotional regulation difficulties in girls with traumatic experiences who received group dialectical
behavior therapy and the mean scores of emotional regulation difficulties in girls with traumatic
experiences who did not receive the intervention (P<0.05).
Conclusion: With the impact of dialectical behavior group therapy on the cognitive and emotional
aspects of female participants with traumatic experiences, students were able to increase their
emotional regulation and manage rumination.
Keywords :
Dialectical behavior therapy , Rumination , Emotion regulation , Traumatic experiences
