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Volume 24, Issue 151 (9-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(151): 19-32 |
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Torki M, Sharifi Daramadi P, Rezaei S, Delavar A. (2025). Development of a theory of mind training program based on social cognition and its effectiveness on emotional self-regulation of adolescents with conduct disorder. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(151), 19-32.
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Allameh Tabatabai University , marjan.trki@gmail.com
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childhood education, to the period of adolescence, and if attention is not shown to conduct disorder in the period and adolescence, this disorder can lead to adverse consequences in the future.
Aims: The purpose of this research was to develop a theory of mind training program based on social cognition and its effectiveness on emotional self-regulation of adolescents with conduct disorder.
Methods: The research method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative part, the program was developing and validated by content analysis and the quantitative part included a semi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The community of the qualitative part includes a collection of works and 30 experts, which was selected based on the content analysis of the desired sources, and 10 experts were selected for the validation of the program with the purposeful sampling method, and in the quantitative part, it included all adolescents aged 12 to 16 with behavioral disorders in Isfahan city in the year In 1402, 24 adolescents with conduct disorder were selected from the correctional education center by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups (12 people) and control groups (12 people). The research tool included emotional regulation questionnaire (ERQ). The training program was implemented in 12 sessions of 45 minutes on the experimental group. The data were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance and repeated measurement.
Results: The findings of the qualitative section showed that the developed program has acceptable content validity. The findings of the quantitative section showed that the theory of mind training program based on social cognition improved the emotional self-regulation (p<0.01) of adolescents with conduct disorder.
Conclusion: It is suggested that the implementation of the theory of mind training program based on social cognition should be placed in the training priority of therapists with conduct disorder.
Aims: The purpose of this research was to develop a theory of mind training program based on social cognition and its effectiveness on emotional self-regulation of adolescents with conduct disorder.
Methods: The research method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative part, the program was developing and validated by content analysis and the quantitative part included a semi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The community of the qualitative part includes a collection of works and 30 experts, which was selected based on the content analysis of the desired sources, and 10 experts were selected for the validation of the program with the purposeful sampling method, and in the quantitative part, it included all adolescents aged 12 to 16 with behavioral disorders in Isfahan city in the year In 1402, 24 adolescents with conduct disorder were selected from the correctional education center by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to 2 experimental groups (12 people) and control groups (12 people). The research tool included emotional regulation questionnaire (ERQ). The training program was implemented in 12 sessions of 45 minutes on the experimental group. The data were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance and repeated measurement.
Results: The findings of the qualitative section showed that the developed program has acceptable content validity. The findings of the quantitative section showed that the theory of mind training program based on social cognition improved the emotional self-regulation (p<0.01) of adolescents with conduct disorder.
Conclusion: It is suggested that the implementation of the theory of mind training program based on social cognition should be placed in the training priority of therapists with conduct disorder.
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Received: 2024/07/18 | Accepted: 2024/09/20 | Published: 2025/09/19
Received: 2024/07/18 | Accepted: 2024/09/20 | Published: 2025/09/19
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