The Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Emotional Distress Tolerance, Anxiety Sensitivity and Emotional Self-Control in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Sheida  Dadashzade; Shahrbanoo  Dehrouyeh; Farhad  Mashayekh Bakhshi

doi:10.18502/ijdl.v25i1.20214

Sheida Dadashzade Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
Shahrbanoo Dehrouyeh Department of Psychology, Adib Mazandaran Institute of Higher Education, Sari, Iran
Farhad Mashayekh Bakhshi Department of Medicine, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijdl.v25i1.20214

Keywords: Compassion-focused therapy, Distress tolerance, Anxiety sensitivity, Emotional self-control, Women with type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on distresstolerance, anxiety sensitivity and emotional self-control in women with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: This research was experimental and semi-experimental using the pre-test-post-test method with a controlgroup. The statistical population of the intended research included all women with type 2 diabetes in 1402 who visitedendocrinologists' offices in Sari, who were selected using a targeted method and then were placed randomly dividedinto two experimental and control groups. The data were collected using the Distress Tolerance Questionnaire ofSimmons and Gaher (2005), anxiety sensitivity of Reis et al. (1986) and emotional self-control by Tanji (2004). Then,the data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate covariance methods in SPSS-24 software.

Results: The results showed that the treatment focused on compassion is effective on distress tolerance, anxietysensitivity and emotional self-control of women with type 2 diabetes.

Conclusion: In fact, the treatment focused on compassion makes the person distance himself from blaming,condemning and self-criticism, which are all examples of lack of emotional self-control, and instead stabilizes hisemotional self-control in the first stage and gradually be strengthened. Focused training on compassion can be one ofthe effective options in improving the quality of life and psychological distress, along with other medical interventions