The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of stress-based group therapy based on awareness-based strategies for emotion regulation and cognitive avoidance in female patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with control group and quarterly follow-up. The statistical population included all female patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who in 1400 had referred to counseling and help centers in Kermanshah. Among them, 30 people were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to the same experimental and control groups. The experimental group received stress-based treatment intervention based on awareness attention as a group, once a week in 8 sessions of 90 minutes; the control group was placed on a waiting list. Gross and John emotion regulation questionnaires and Sexton and Dougas cognitive avoidance questionnaires were used to collect data. Findings from one-way analysis of variance in Mankova text showed that stress-based therapy based on awareness attention significantly reduces the scores of suppression and cognitive avoidance and significantly increases the scores of the cognitive reassessment component of the experimental group in the post-test phase. And has been followed up. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that in order to manage emotion regulation strategies and reduce cognitive avoidance of obsessive-compulsive patients, the results of group therapy based on stress reduction based on mindfulness as a modern psychotherapy in counseling centers and Benefited therapy.

Aims: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies training on difficulties in emotion regulation.Methods: This research was an experimental study. To this end, 20 university students (9 males and 11 females) from the Kharazmi University voluntarily participated in this study. The volunteers were trained emotion regulation strategies for 10 sessions in a group. In all the three stages of training (prior to training, while receiving the training and subsequent to the training) individuals were tested using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The obtained data were entered into SPSS 18 and were analyzed using Repeated Measures ANOVA and Bonferroni tests.Results: Results indicated that, process emotion regulation training meaningfully decreases the scores of difficulties engaging in goal directed behavior (P<0.001), lack of emotional awareness (P<0.001), impulse control difficulties (P<0.01), limited access to emotion regulation strategies (P<0.01), lack of emotional clarity (P<0.01) and non-acceptance of emotional responses (P<0.05) in the participants.Conclusion: With regards to the results of the present research, it can be concluded that modifying maladaptive emotion regulation strategies can be a good solution to prevent emotion problems.

Introduction: In the successful treatment of addicted people, in addition to drug therapy, serious attention should be paid to psychological interventions. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive emotion regulation training (CERT) on psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of addicted men in Isfahan city. Materials and Methods: This study was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test control group design. The population of this study consisted of all men addicted to narcotics in Isfahan referred to addiction treatment clinics in the first six months of 2019-2020 for methadone maintenance treatment. In total, 60 men were selected by the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups. Members of the experimental group received their groupspecific training in 8 sessions of 1. 5 hours,however, the control group received their routine training. Results: Mean and standard deviation of psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of the experimental group in the pre-test were 49. 77±, 7. 59 and 78. 67±, 6. 09, respectively. Also, the mean and standard deviation of psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of the control group were 49. 43±, 7. 21 and 79. 07±, 6. 00 respectively. According to the results, in the post-test, the psychological well-being score was 84. 23±, 7. 61, and the cognitive emotion regulation of the experiment was 86. 07±, 6. 10 compared to the control group (49. 27±, 6. 90 (F=357. 263) and 78. 87±, 6. 11 (F=387. 054), respectively) (p<0. 001). Conclusion: The results showed that CERT is effective in the psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation of addicted people. Therefore, it can be used to increase their psychological well-being and cognitive emotion regulation.

Introduction: Psychological factors such as negative emotions play an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus one of the most common chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion regulation training in improving emotion regulation strategies and glycemic control in patients with type II diabetes.Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest design. The study population included 40 patients with type II diabetes, selected by convenience sampling from the Samen Alaemmeh charity center and randomly divided in two, the experimental and the control, groups (n=20 each). Subjects in both groups completed the Garnfski`s Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2001, CERQ) both pretest and posttest, and Hb (A1C) was also measured at these times in both groups. Eight 90 minute sessions of emotion regulation group therapy were conducted in eight weeks. Data were analyzed by covariance analysis method with software spss-18.Results: Data analysis showed that emotion regulation strategies and glycemic control in the experimental compared to the control group, at posttest were decreased (p<0.05).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, emotion regulation training could be an effective method for improvement of emotion regulation problems and glycemic control in patients with type II diabetes.

Introduction: Tension- type headache is a common psychosomatic disease with physical and psychological symptoms causes impairment in different lives. As stress and emotional distress are the start-up factors in different headaches, emotion regulation can be considered as an important factor in effective control and adaptation of this disorder. The present research is trying to investigate the effect of the training of emotion regulation on the level of distress tolerance and reduction of emotion regulation difficulties on female patients with tension headache disorders.Methods: This is a semi experimental study with pretest- posttest design with a control and experimental groups. The statistical random sampling in this research were taken in Isfahan in the year 91 including female patients effected with tension- type headaches in two groups. 30 patients were selected and randomly assign to experimental and control groups. Before treatment, the patients received questionaires regarding the difficulties of emotion regulations (DERS) and tention tolerance (DTS). Finally, post-test and follow-up activities along with evaluation and measurment of the results were implemented. The duration of the treatment for the research group was 8 sessions (one session each week) and follow-up activities were effected 30 days after post-test. The data was analyzed by spss-20 software with covariance method.Results: Findings after analysis showed that emotion regulations led to the decrease of the level of the strict difficulties of emotion regulation and also enhancement of distress tolerance of the patients bearing headache tensions. (P<0.001).Conclusion: Based on these findings, it can be claimed that giving the trainings regarding emotion regulations, while helping patients through giving awareness about their positive and negative emotions, especially by helping them to have access to and put forward their difficulties in due course, can reduce drastically the difficulties of emotion regulation and can enhance tension tolerance level in female patients.

Introduction: The term of psychosomatic is the disease which involves both mind and body. Sometimes mental and emotional factors may act as risk factor that could influence the initiation and progression of them. Aim: The aim of this study was to study of emotion regulation in psychosomatic diseases by qualitative study. Method: This study was qualitative. The data of this study collected by in-depth semi-structured interview tools. The study population was 22 patients with psychosomatic diseases (heart, gastrointestinal and respiratory) from Baqiyatallah Hospital in 2020. They were selected by target and voluntarily. Data were analyzed using the content analysis approach and there were analyzed by Graneheim and Lundman method and the qualitative themes of the study were prioritized according to their importance. Results: Qualitative analysis of participants' lived experience Resulted to two main categories of healthy and unhealthy strategies. also The results of this study include the seven themes (changing attention to something else, decision making and problem solving, attention to positive and pleasant thoughts, acceptance, worship, self-control and improving the self-esteem) for healthy strategies and Unhealthy strategies include to the 9 themes (Anger and aggression, rumination, cognitive errors, overuse of social networks, Erratic, persistence in beliefs, procrastination, extremism, substance abuse, distraction). Conclusion: Despite of the complexity of the experienced, phenomenon of emotions in psychosomatic patients is regulated in different ways, which is one of the underlying factors in psychosomatic diseases.