The effectiveness of compassion therapy and meta-cognitive therapy on the level of nurses’ meta-emotion

Tough and most intense job conditions make nurses unable to control negative emotion and meta-emotion and weaken their job performance. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of compassion therapy and meta-cognitive therapy on nurses’ meta-emotion levels. The research method was experimental with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design. The sample included 60 nurses from hospitals in Tabriz in 2022, and they were randomly assigned to three groups of compassion therapy, meta-cognitive therapy and the control group. To collect the data, Mitmansgruber et al.’s (2009) meta-emotions scale was used. Then, the data were analyzed using the mixed analysis of variance model, Tukey s and Bonferroni s post hoc tests with the use of SPSS statistical software (version 22). The results showed that the effect of time factor on the amount of meta-emotion and its dimensions is significant. In other words, except compassion and interest, the amount of other dimensions of meta-emotions has decreased from pre-test to follow-up. Also, the interaction effect of time and group indicated that there was a significant difference between the compassion therapy and meta-cognitive therapy and control groups in the amount of anger (p 0.000; F=20.98; Partial Eta^2=0.424), shame (p 0.000; F=17.47; Partial Eta^2=0.380), anger control (p 0.000; F=21.39; Partial Eta^2=429), suppression (p 0.000; F=8.93; Partial Eta^2=0.329), compassion (p 0.000; F=21.51; Partial Eta^2=0.430) and interest (p 0.000; F=36.79; Partial Eta^2=0.564). But, no significant difference was observed between the effectiveness of these two interventions in reducing and increasing the amount of nurses’ meta-emotions. Considering the effectiveness of compassion and meta-cognitive therapys on the level of nurses’ meta-emotion, it seems that the application of compassionbased therapy and meta-cognitive therapy interventions will improve and moderate the level of meta-emotion in nurses.