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Department of Psychology, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran. , m.Azadyekta@yahoo.com
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Background: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is one of the most common personality disorders in the general population. People with this disorder show a lot of emotional expression and, due to their controlling feature, they control their emotions more, which intensifies their symptoms. Despite the confirmation of the efficacy of cognitive analytic therapy on a variety of disorders, However, few studies have examined the effectiveness of this therapeutic model on emotional expression and control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of cognitive analytic therapy package on emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Methods: The method of this research was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a a month and a half follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder who referred to the Exir Counseling Center and its subsidiary centers in Tehran in 2025. Among the women in the statistical population diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 36 were selected as the statistical sample of the study using Purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental and control (18 people in each group). Research data were collected through questionnaires on emotional expressiveness questionnaire (King & Emmons, 1990) and emotional control questionnaire (Roger & Najarian, 1997). For the experimental group members, the cognitive-analytic therapy package was implemented in 16, 45-minute sessions. Research data analysis was performed using the variance analysis with repeated measurement method using SPSS-25 software.
Results: The results showed that the cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) package was effective on all components of emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (P<0.05). Also, the results of the Bonferroni post hoc test indicated that there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of the experimental group in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages on the components of emotional expression and emotional control, This indicates the continued effect of the cognitive-analytic therapy package on the components of both emotional expressiveness and emotional control variables (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists can use cognitive-analytic therapy and its therapeutic strategies to improve emotional expression and control in patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of cognitive analytic therapy package on emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Methods: The method of this research was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a a month and a half follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder who referred to the Exir Counseling Center and its subsidiary centers in Tehran in 2025. Among the women in the statistical population diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 36 were selected as the statistical sample of the study using Purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to two groups: experimental and control (18 people in each group). Research data were collected through questionnaires on emotional expressiveness questionnaire (King & Emmons, 1990) and emotional control questionnaire (Roger & Najarian, 1997). For the experimental group members, the cognitive-analytic therapy package was implemented in 16, 45-minute sessions. Research data analysis was performed using the variance analysis with repeated measurement method using SPSS-25 software.
Results: The results showed that the cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) package was effective on all components of emotional expression and emotional control in women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (P<0.05). Also, the results of the Bonferroni post hoc test indicated that there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of the experimental group in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages on the components of emotional expression and emotional control, This indicates the continued effect of the cognitive-analytic therapy package on the components of both emotional expressiveness and emotional control variables (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists can use cognitive-analytic therapy and its therapeutic strategies to improve emotional expression and control in patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Article number: 11
Keywords: cognitive analytic therapy, emotional expression, emotional control, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, women.
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