Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Teacher
2 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of emotional recognition intervention on emotional self-regulation and empathy of children with oppositional defiant disorder. It was a semi-experimental research project of pre-test-post-test and follow-up type with a control group and a statistical population including all children with oppositional defiant disorder who referred to counseling centers and psychological services in Mashhad in the academic year of 2023, which was sampled in Among these children, a sample of 30 children was selected based on the entry criteria and then they were replaced in two experimental and control groups. Children Symptom Inventory-4 (Gadow, Sprafkin, 1994) and Emotion Self-Regulation questionnaire (Shields & Cicchetti, 1997) and empathy questionnaire for children and adolescents (Overgaauw et al, 2017) were used to collect data. Analysis of variance with repeated measurements was used for statistical analysis. The results showed that the level of self-regulation and empathy of the experimental group increased after the emotional recognition intervention and also after one month (follow-up phase) compared to the control group (P<0.01). The obtained evidence shows that emotional recognition intervention is effective in increasing emotional self-regulation and empathy of children with oppositional defiant disorder.
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