The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) on Shame and Feeling of Guilt Among Women with Sexual Abuse Experience in Childhood

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AFSHAR ATHAR; SHAHBAZI MASOUD; Abbaspour Zabilollah

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Journal: COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Year:2021 | Volume:19 | Issue:76 Page(s): 48-69

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The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) on Shame and Feeling of Guilt Among Women with Sexual Abuse Experience in Childhood

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AFSHAR ATHAR | SHAHBAZI MASOUD | Abbaspour Zabilollah | Issue Writer Certificate

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Compassion focused therapyQ1

shameQ1

feeling of guiltQ2

childhood sexual abuseQ1

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Aim Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is developed for clients who experience high levels of shame and self-criticism. CFT emphasizes the centrality of our affiliative system in reducing threat-based processing by allowing us to feel cared for and able to offer care to both ourselves and others. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of CFT on shame and feeling of guilt among women with sexual abuse experience in childhood. Methods The statistical population consisted of all women with Sexual Abuse experience in Childhood who had referred to counseling centers in Ahvaz. The research sample consisted of 3 women referred to counseling centers that were selected according to the results of the PTSD Checklist (Weathers, 1993) with cutoff point of 50 and with purposeful sampling method. In this research, a single-case experimental design, type of non-concurrent multiple baseline designs was used. To evaluate the shame and feeling of guilt, the state shame and guilt scale (SSGS) were used. The protocol of CFT was carried out in three phases of basic lines, intervention of 8 weekly sessions, and two months follow-up. Findings The findings indicated that the subjects in the shame treatment phase experienced 31. 20% improvement and in the guilt phase experienced 28. 68% improvement. The effectiveness was maintained during the 2-month follow-up. The change index was indicative of meaningful changes. Conclusion Therefore, the research findings illustrated that CFT is effective in decreasing of shame and feeling of guilt of women with sexual abuse experience in childhood, through decreasing reducing threat-based processing and strengthening the soothing system through the cultivation of compassion.

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AFSHAR, ATHAR, SHAHBAZI, MASOUD, & Abbaspour, Zabilollah. (2021). The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) on Shame and Feeling of Guilt Among Women with Sexual Abuse Experience in Childhood. COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 19(76 ), 48-69. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/394630/en

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AFSHAR ATHAR, SHAHBAZI MASOUD, Abbaspour Zabilollah. The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) on Shame and Feeling of Guilt Among Women with Sexual Abuse Experience in Childhood. COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[Internet]. 2021;19(76 ):48-69. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/394630/en

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ATHAR AFSHAR, MASOUD SHAHBAZI, and Zabilollah Abbaspour, “The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) on Shame and Feeling of Guilt Among Women with Sexual Abuse Experience in Childhood,” COUNSELING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 19, no. 76 , pp. 48–69, 2021, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/394630/en

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