Effectiveness of Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment on Anger Control and meta-emotion of Women Victims of Domestic Violence

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD student in Psychology, Faculty of Islamic Education, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Islamic Education, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Islamic Education, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment on anger control and meta-emotion of women victims of domestic violence. The current study was a semi-experimental application with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study was made up of women who were victims of domestic violence who referred to Isfahan Welfare Department in the winter season of 2023. In this research, 36 woman victims of domestic violence were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (18 woman in the experimental group and 18 woman in the control group). The women in the experimental group received the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment during ten weeks in ten 90-minute sessions. Experienced Domestic Violence Questionnaire (EDVQ), Anger Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and Meta-Emotion Questionnaire (MEQ) were used in the present study. The results showed that unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment has significant effect on the anger control (p<0.0001) and meta-emotion (p<0.0001) in women victims of domestic violence. Based on the findings of the research, unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment by emphasizing the adaptive and functional nature of emotions, increasing the patient's awareness of the role of cognitions and emotions and physical and behavioral feelings, investigating the role of stimuli in creating emotional experiences and recognizing behaviors derived from emotions can be as an efficient method to increace the anger control and meta-emotion in women victims of domestic violence.

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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 69, Issue 2
May 2026
Pages 219-233

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