The effectiveness of affect regulation training on increasing self-regulation and reducing feelings of shame and guilt in mothers of students with special learning disabilities

This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of affect regulation training on self-regulation and feeling of shame and guilt in mothers of students with special learning disabilities. The method of this research was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with the control group. The statistical population of this study included all mothers of students with special learning disabilities who were referred to the centers of special learning problems in Ardabil city in the academic year 2020-2021. The study sample was 30 people who entered the study by the convenience sample method and was randomly replaced in two groups of affect regulation training (15 people) and control group (15 people). Data were collected in the pretest and posttest stages using the guilt and shame proneness scale (Cohen et al., 2011) and the boufard’s self-regulation questionnaire (Boufard et al., 1995). Nine session’s 75-minute affect regulation training sessions were performed for the experimental group. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. Based on the findings of the study, affect regulation training had a significant effect on reducing guilt and shame and increasing self-regulation (p<0.01). According to the results of the present study, emotion regulation training can be used in educational programs and counseling for mothers of students with special learning disabilities.