The Effectiveness of Emotion Therapy on Irrational Beliefs and Perfectionism in Female Students

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Mahdi Khalili ¹ (Master's degree, Department of Clinical Psychology, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Mansoreh Mohammadi ² (Master's degree, Department of Clinical Psychology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Fatemeh Sarokhani ³ (Master's Degree, Family Counseling Department, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Zahra Ganjifar ⁴ (Master's degree, Department of Educational Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.)
Ghazaleh Ternas ⁵ (PhD in Health Psychology, Department of Health Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.)

Received: 2022-05-07 Accepted : 2022-06-07 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: perfectionism, Irrational beliefs, emotion therapy,

Abstract :

Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of emotional therapy on irrational beliefs and perfectionism in female students. Methodology: The statistical population under study included all high school girls in the 2nd district of Tehran, of which 30 female students who were between the ages of 12 and 18 and were interested in participating in the research were selected using available sampling and They were randomly divided into 2 groups of 15 people (experimental and control) where the experimental group received 12 sessions of emotional therapy training and the control group did not receive any intervention. The participants were evaluated with the Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (1996) and the Besharat Perfectionism Questionnaire (2012). The data was analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance by SPSS23 software. Findings: The comparison of averages showed that the intervention was effective in changing the scores of irrational beliefs and perfectionism. The differences from post-test to follow-up are not significant (P<0.05). This means that the therapeutic effects have been stable over time. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that the effectiveness of emotional therapy has had an effect on irrational beliefs and perfectionism in female students, and this effectiveness is stable over time.

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