Effectiveness of Reality Therapy on Compatible Strategies for Cognitive Emotion Regulation among Female Prisoners: a Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Mojineh-Sadat Mirarzgar, Javad Khalatbari, Bahman Akbari, Shahnam Abolghasemi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2020-11-01
• Series: Salāmat-i ijtimā̒ī
• Subjects: reality therapy, emotion cognitive regulation, female prisoners
• Online Access: http://ojs2.sbmu.ac.ir/en-ch/article/view/31273
• ISSN: 2423-4702; 2423-4702

Background and Objective: Female prisoners are a vulnerable group who are negatively affected by the imprisonment in various ways. Reality therapy is a major treatment approach, whose effectiveness has been proven in solving many problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of reality therapy on the consistent strategies for cognitive management of female prisoners. Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was of pretest-posttest design with control group. Participants included 30 female prisoners in Rasht in 2017, who were selected via convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Both groups completed emotional cognitive regulation questionnaire before the intervention. The experimental group received vertigo intervention in eight 90-minute sessions, but the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance analysis by SPSS software version 18. Results: Among components of cognitive emotion regulation, the mean (SD) score of underplay was 6.0 (1.5) in the pre-test and 13.9 (2.0) in post-test, P<0.01; re-evaluation was 5.6 (1.6) in pre-test and 14.8(1.8) in the post test, p<0.01; re-scheduling was 5.6 (1.5) in pre-test and 14.8 (1.9) in post-test, P<0.01; and focus was 5.6 (1.4) in pre-test and 15.2 (1.5) in post-test, P<0.01. The test scores in the control group did not differ in pre-test and post-test. Conclusion: The study showed that reality therapy could improve components of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies including underplay, re-evaluation, re-scheduling, and focus amon female prisoners. Ethical code: IR.IAU.RASHT.REC.1397.020 DOI: http://doi.org/10.22037/ch.v7i3.24273.