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Sharei A, Kasaeei Esfahani A, Salmani A. The Effect of Mindfulness Therapy on Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Self-Awareness, and Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors in Orphaned and Poorly Monitored Adolescents: A Quasi-Experimental Study. JRUMS 2025; 23 (9) :812-827
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Background and Objectives: Adolescents without guardians and abused adolescents exhibit more emotional and behavioral disorders and a tendency to high-risk behaviors due to lack of sufficient social and emotional experience compared to children living in the family. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness therapy on emotional regulation, cognitive self-awareness, and the tendency to high-risk behaviors in orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents.
Materials and Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all abused and orphaned female adolescents residing in welfare care centers of Ardabil City in 2024, among whom 30 abused and orphaned female adolescents were selected by purposive sampling method and were randomly assigned into the experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. The experimental group received 8 90-minute sessions of Taylor’s mindfulness-based therapy and the control group received no training. To collect data, Gross and John's Emotional Regulation Questionnaire, Wells and Catwright's Cognitive Self-Awareness Scale, and ZadehMohammadi’s Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors of Adolescents were used. Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The findings showed that after controlling for the effects of the pretest, there was a significant difference between the mean of the two groups in emotion regulation (F=2.757, p=0.038, η2=0.286), cognitive self-awareness (F=48.289, p<0.001, η2=0.622), and tendency to high-risk behaviors (F=2.655, p=0.042, η2=0.263).
Conclusion: The results showed that mindfulness therapy is effective on emotional regulation, cognitive self-awareness, and tendency to high-risk behaviors in orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents. Therefore, mindfulness therapy can be used to reduce the problems of orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents.
Key words: Mindfulness therapy, Emotion regulation, Cognitive self-awareness, Tendency to high-risk behaviors, Orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Kharazmi University approved the study (IR.KHU.REC.1403.059).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Aysan Sharei
- Methodology: Aysan Sharei
- Data collection: Ali Salmani
- Formal analysis: Ali Salmani
- Supervision: Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani
- Project administration: Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani
- Writing – original draft: Aysan Sharei, Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani, Ali Salmani
- Writing – review & editing: Aysan Sharei, Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani, Ali Salmani
Materials and Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included all abused and orphaned female adolescents residing in welfare care centers of Ardabil City in 2024, among whom 30 abused and orphaned female adolescents were selected by purposive sampling method and were randomly assigned into the experimental (15 people) and control (15 people) groups. The experimental group received 8 90-minute sessions of Taylor’s mindfulness-based therapy and the control group received no training. To collect data, Gross and John's Emotional Regulation Questionnaire, Wells and Catwright's Cognitive Self-Awareness Scale, and ZadehMohammadi’s Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors of Adolescents were used. Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The findings showed that after controlling for the effects of the pretest, there was a significant difference between the mean of the two groups in emotion regulation (F=2.757, p=0.038, η2=0.286), cognitive self-awareness (F=48.289, p<0.001, η2=0.622), and tendency to high-risk behaviors (F=2.655, p=0.042, η2=0.263).
Conclusion: The results showed that mindfulness therapy is effective on emotional regulation, cognitive self-awareness, and tendency to high-risk behaviors in orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents. Therefore, mindfulness therapy can be used to reduce the problems of orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents.
Key words: Mindfulness therapy, Emotion regulation, Cognitive self-awareness, Tendency to high-risk behaviors, Orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Kharazmi University approved the study (IR.KHU.REC.1403.059).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Aysan Sharei
- Methodology: Aysan Sharei
- Data collection: Ali Salmani
- Formal analysis: Ali Salmani
- Supervision: Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani
- Project administration: Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani
- Writing – original draft: Aysan Sharei, Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani, Ali Salmani
- Writing – review & editing: Aysan Sharei, Abdolrahim Kasai Esfahani, Ali Salmani
Keywords: Mindfulness therapy, Emotion regulation, Cognitive self-awareness, Tendency to high-risk behaviors, Orphaned and poorly supervised adolescents
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry
Received: 2024/08/28 | Accepted: 2024/12/31 | Published: 2025/01/21
Received: 2024/08/28 | Accepted: 2024/12/31 | Published: 2025/01/21
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