The effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy on self-compassion, emotion control and distress tolerance of female students with self-injurious behaviors

Atariyah, Tahora; Dehrouyeh, Shahrbanoo; Tavakoli, Naqmeh

doi:10.30491/ijtmgh.2025.509160.1461

The effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy on self-compassion, emotion control and distress tolerance of female students with self-injurious behaviors

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Tahora Atariyah ¹

Shahrbanoo Dehrouyeh ²

Naqmeh Tavakoli ³

¹ MA. In Psychology, Islamic Azad University E-Campus, Iran

² Assistant professor,Department of Psychology,Adib Mazandaran Institute of higher education ,Sari, Iran.

³ PhD of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

10.30491/ijtmgh.2025.509160.1461

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy on self-compassion, emotion control, and distress tolerance of female students with self-injurious behaviors.

Methods: The method of the current research was a semi-experimental experiment with a pre-test-post-test design with an experimental group and a control group. The statistical population of the research included all second-grade female teenagers with self-harm behaviors in Sari city in the academic year 2023-2024. The sample selection process in the present study included two stages: the first stage was selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method of self-injurious behaviors questionnaire in order to screen adolescents with self-injurious behaviors. In the next stage, among teenagers with self-harm behaviors, 36 people were selected by simple random sampling and were specialized in 2 groups. To collect data, Gratez's self-injurious behaviors questionnaire (2001), Neff's Self-compassion Scale(2003), Williams et al.'s Affective Control Scale(1997) and Simmons and Gaher's distress tolerance scale(DTS) (2005) were used. The experimental group received emotion regulation therapy in 8 sessions of 90 minutes in a group manner, and the control group did not receive any therapy.

Results: The results indicated that emotion regulation treatment has improved self-compassion, emotion regulation and improved distress tolerance in students with self-injurious behaviors(p

Keywords

Emotion regulation

self-compassion

emotion control

distress tolerance

self-injurious behaviors