The Effectiveness of the Therapy Based on Self-Compassion on the Aggression and Resilience of Female Student with ODD

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1 Ma of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author)

2 Ma of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract
Introduction and purpose: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can bring about numerous psychological, emotional and academic damages for the students. therefore the present study was conducted aiming to investigate the effectiveness of the therapy based on self-compassion on the aggression and the ODD.
 Material and Methods: it was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest with control group. The statistical population of the current study was the female students with ODD in the city of Tehran in the academic year 2018-19. 30 female students with ODD were selected through clustered random sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group 15 students). The experimental group received the intervention of the therapy based on self-compassion  during two-and-a-half months in ten seventy-five-minute sessions. The applied questionnaires in this study included the children and adolescents’ mental health evaluation questionnaire  and resilience questionnaire. The data from the study were analyzed through MANCOVA method.
Findings: the results showed that the therapy based on self-compassion has significant effect on the aggression and resilience of female students with ODD (p<0.001). Thus, this treatment has been able to reduce aggression and increase the resilience of female students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Conclusion: findings of the present study reveal that the therapy based on self-compassion can be used as an efficient therapy to decrease aggression and improve resilience in the students with ODD employing techniques such as training awareness of positive and negative experiences, creating positive experiences through mental imagination, training expressing compassion and behavior modification through environmental reinforcers.

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 63, Issue 6
January and February 2021
Pages 2210-2220

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