The Effectiveness of Cognitive Self-Compassion Training and Emotion-Focused Therapy on Quality of Life with Depression Disorder

The aim of present research was examined the effectiveness of cognitive self-compassion training and emotion-focused therapy on quality of life in students with depression disorder. This study deign was experimental with pre-test، post test using two experimental and one control groups. The study population consisted of 48 depressed students who came to Now-Shahr Counseling Centers in Education were selected by simple random sampling and were assigned to experimental (cognitive self-compassion training and emotion-focused therapy) and control groups. The instrument were used in this study consisted of Depression and Quality of Life Inventory. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that cognitive self-compassion training and emotion-focused therapy compared with the control group were affected on quality of life in students with depression disorder. Also cognitive self-compassion training compared with emotion-focused therapy and control group was more effective in improving depression in depressed students. Based on the research findings، these results illustrate that self-compassion training is an important factor for quality of life and depression.