The Effectiveness of Compassion Therapy Group on Successful Identification of Risky Adolescents

Background: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of compassion therapy group on the successful identification of risky adolescents. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population included all risky male adolescents and the sample size included 30 students who had obtained the highest risk score after the Iranian Adolescent Risk Scale (IARS) test and were selected by cluster sampling and randomly in two There were experimental and control groups. The measuring tool was the Benyon and Adams Identity States Questionnaire (EOM-EIS-2). Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. Results:The results showed that in the experimental group, who participated in the compassion therapy group sessions, successful identification was strengthened and they had a significant difference in the post-test of successful identification compared to the control group. As a result, compassion therapy group can help these people by increasing the identification of risky adolescents. Conclusion: Compassion therapy group is effective in identification of risky adolescents and can help these people by increasing the identification of risky adolescents.