The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy with a look at compassion therapy in cognitive regulation of negative emotions and social adjustment in patients with major depressive disorder

The aim of this study was the effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment with a view to compassion therapy in cognitive regulation of negative emotions and social adjustment of patients with major depressive disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and with control group and follow-up test. The sample group was a randomly selected group of patients with major depressive disorder in Jam city and Pardis and Naft towns in experimental and control groups. Acceptance and commitment group therapy was performed with a focus on compassion therapy for the experimental groups, but the control groups did not receive any specific intervention. Research tools included questionnaires of cognitive emotion regulation of Garnfsky et al. And social adjustment of Sohrabi and Samani. The results of analysis of covariance with repeated measures showed that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment with a view to compassion, reduces cognitive regulation of negative emotions in subjects The experimental group was tested in the post-test stage. Also, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment with a view to compassion, has improved personal adjustment, social adjustment, academic adjustment, job adjustment and family adjustment in the subjects of the experimental group in the post-test stage.