Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Comparing the effectiveness of Mentalization and cognitive emotion regulation on sleep problems and depression symptoms in children with Sluggish cognitive tempo

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Shiva Razi 1
Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa 2
Behzad Shalchi 3
Ali Naghi Agdasi 4
1 Department of Psychology , Ta.C. ,Islamic Azad University , Tabriz ,Iran.
2 Department of Psychology , Ta.C. ,Islamic Azad University , Tabriz ,Iran. (Corresponding author)
3 Department of Psychiatry, Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
4 Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch , Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2025.87079.4967
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the difference between the effectiveness of Mentalization and cognitive emotion regulation on sleep problems and depressive symptoms in children with Sluggish cognitive tempo. The research design was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included all male students with Sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms aged 9 to 11 years in public schools in Urmia in the academic year 1402-1403. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 45 people were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group (15 people in the first experimental group, 15 people in the second experimental group, and 15 people in the control group). The instruments used in the study were the standard questionnaires Sluggish cognitive tempo by Penny et al., the questionnaire on children's sleep habits by Owens et al., and the depression subscale of the Children's Symptom Scale. After selecting the sample in the pre-test stage, the participants in the experimental and control groups responded to the research questionnaires. In the next stage, the first experimental group received Mentalization and the second experimental group received cognitive emotion regulation intervention, while the control group remained on the waiting list and did not receive any psychological intervention until the post-test. At the end of the training period, the participants in the experimental and control groups answered the research questionnaires again in the post-test stages,
Keywords
Mentalization
cognitive emotion regulation
sleep problems
depression symptoms
Sluggish cognitive tempo
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 68, Issue 2
January and February 2025
Pages 450-461