The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group therapy based on emotion regulation on alexithymia, and experiential avoidance in substance user patient with comorbidity of borderline personality disorder. The research design was quasi-experimental with two experimental and cont...

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Autores principales:	Shirin Dehban, changhiz rahimi
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Publicado:	Alzahra University 2021
Materias:	alexithymia borderline personality disorder emotion regulation experiential avoidance substance abuse Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4a45a645a23d49d683e77cbbf90c3e7e2021-12-03T11:19:00ZThe Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder10.22051/PSY.2020.27349.19842538-29422538-2950https://doaj.org/article/4a45a645a23d49d683e77cbbf90c3e7e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://psychstudies.alzahra.ac.ir/jufile?ar_sfile=132557&lang=enhttps://doaj.org/toc/2538-2942https://doaj.org/toc/2538-2950The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group therapy based on emotion regulation on alexithymia, and experiential avoidance in substance user patient with comorbidity of borderline personality disorder. The research design was quasi-experimental with two experimental and control groups including pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of this study consisted of patients with substance abuse disorder and borderline personality in a psychiatric hospital of Shiraz city; 30 persons (male) were selected using purposive sampling method and randomly assigned in the study: One experimental and one control group (15 males each). The criteria for entry into treatment were borderline personality disorder diagnosis with substance abuse and methadone maintenance treatment. The tools used in this study were Toronto-20 mood disorder questionnaire and Second Edition Acceptance and Practice Questionnaire to assess experiential avoidance. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis and descriptive statistics. The results showed that the scores of alexithymia, and experiential avoidance significantly decreased in the experimental group after the treatment. The results of this study illustrated that group therapy based on emotion regulation can reduce alexithymia, and experiential avoidance in this group of people. Therefore, it is suggested that in addition to pharmacological treatments, psychological treatment methods may also be used to increase the effectiveness of treatment on drug users.Shirin Dehbanchanghiz rahimi Alzahra Universityarticlealexithymiaborderline personality disorderemotion regulationexperiential avoidancesubstance abusePsychologyBF1-990FAمطالعات روانشناختی, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 7-22 (2021)
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topic	alexithymia borderline personality disorder emotion regulation experiential avoidance substance abuse Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	alexithymia borderline personality disorder emotion regulation experiential avoidance substance abuse Psychology BF1-990 Shirin Dehban changhiz rahimi The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder
description	The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group therapy based on emotion regulation on alexithymia, and experiential avoidance in substance user patient with comorbidity of borderline personality disorder. The research design was quasi-experimental with two experimental and control groups including pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of this study consisted of patients with substance abuse disorder and borderline personality in a psychiatric hospital of Shiraz city; 30 persons (male) were selected using purposive sampling method and randomly assigned in the study: One experimental and one control group (15 males each). The criteria for entry into treatment were borderline personality disorder diagnosis with substance abuse and methadone maintenance treatment. The tools used in this study were Toronto-20 mood disorder questionnaire and Second Edition Acceptance and Practice Questionnaire to assess experiential avoidance. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis and descriptive statistics. The results showed that the scores of alexithymia, and experiential avoidance significantly decreased in the experimental group after the treatment. The results of this study illustrated that group therapy based on emotion regulation can reduce alexithymia, and experiential avoidance in this group of people. Therefore, it is suggested that in addition to pharmacological treatments, psychological treatment methods may also be used to increase the effectiveness of treatment on drug users.
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title	The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder
title_short	The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder
title_full	The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder
title_fullStr	The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder
title_sort	effect of emotion regulation-based group therapy on alexithymia and experiential avoidance in substance use patients, with borderline personality disorder
publisher	Alzahra University
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/4a45a645a23d49d683e77cbbf90c3e7e
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The Effect of Emotion Regulation-Based Group Therapy on Alexithymia and Experiential Avoidance in Substance Use Patients, with Borderline Personality Disorder

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