Urmia University , E.soleimani@urmia.ac.ir
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Background: Failure to address the specific needs of women offenders in the areas of spiritual, social, and emotional regulation can predict adverse outcomes, including recidivism and social maladjustment. Therefore, the use of interventions that help improve the levels of spiritual-social health and emotional regulation of delinquent women can be considered as a preventive strategy.
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group training in acceptance and commitment therapy in improving the level of spiritual- social health and emotional regulation of delinquent women.
Methods: The method of this research was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test and control group. The statistical population of the present study includes all women with a criminal record supported by Dr. Ali Nabi Charity Foundation, from whom 40 people were selected as the sample group using a convenience sampling method. The sample group was randomly assigned to two groups of 20 people. Data related to the participants' status were collected using self-assessment tools including the Social Health Questionnaire (Keyes, 1998), the Spiritual Health Questionnaire (Pollotzin & Ellison, 1982), and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 1998) in two stages: pretest and posttest. Between the pretest and posttest, the experimental group participated in 8 90-minute face-to-face acceptance and commitment therapy sessions. The collected data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance and SPSS- 27 software.
Results: The results showed that analyses demonstrated that acceptance and commitment-based therapy significantly increased the mean scores of social-spiritual health and emotional regulation in delinquent women (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy in promoting spiritual-social health and emotional regulation indicates that it can be considered as a strategy of managing and preventing social harm in the community of delinquent women.
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group training in acceptance and commitment therapy in improving the level of spiritual- social health and emotional regulation of delinquent women.
Methods: The method of this research was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test and control group. The statistical population of the present study includes all women with a criminal record supported by Dr. Ali Nabi Charity Foundation, from whom 40 people were selected as the sample group using a convenience sampling method. The sample group was randomly assigned to two groups of 20 people. Data related to the participants' status were collected using self-assessment tools including the Social Health Questionnaire (Keyes, 1998), the Spiritual Health Questionnaire (Pollotzin & Ellison, 1982), and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 1998) in two stages: pretest and posttest. Between the pretest and posttest, the experimental group participated in 8 90-minute face-to-face acceptance and commitment therapy sessions. The collected data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance and SPSS- 27 software.
Results: The results showed that analyses demonstrated that acceptance and commitment-based therapy significantly increased the mean scores of social-spiritual health and emotional regulation in delinquent women (p< 0.05).
Conclusion: The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy in promoting spiritual-social health and emotional regulation indicates that it can be considered as a strategy of managing and preventing social harm in the community of delinquent women.
Keywords: delinquent women, emotional regulation, spiritual health, social health, acceptance and commitment therapy.
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