1Msc, department of psychology, faculty of psychology and educational sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
2Msc, Department of educational science and psychology, Islamic Azad University Khorasgan (Isfahan) Branch.
3Msc, Department of clinical psychology, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran.
4Msc, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
5Msc, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, marvdasht, Iran.
6Instructor, Department of Psychology, Faculty member of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
چکیده
The current study aimed to determine the effect of compassion-focused therapy on self-compassion and self-criticism in adolescents with body-image disorder. This quasi-experimental study was a pretest-posttest with the control group consisting of 30 adolescents with a body-image disorder based on a purposeful sampling selected and randomly allocated to experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. The experimental group was provided with 10 one-week CFT sessions, while the control group did not receive any treatment. At the start of the study, after 10 weeks, all participants were tested using the Self-Compassion Scale and the Levels of Self-criticism (LOSC) Scale. In addition to descriptive statistics, MANOVA was used to analyze the results and all analyses were carried out using SPSS-23 software. Based on the MANOVA, CFT was significantly more effective than non-treatment in reducing self-criticism (p < 0.05). Moreover, CFT was able to increase the self-compassion levels among individuals with the body-image disorder, significantly (p < 0.05). Consequently, we can conclude that the practice of compassion-focused therapy seems to be a promising area of intervention, not only for decreasing self-criticism but also for enhancing self-compassion among adolescents with body-image disorder.