The Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Externalized Problems (Aggression and Delinquency) in Bullying Students

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the compassion focused therapy (CFT) on externalized problems in bullying female students of first class high school in Khorramabad city. The research method was semi-experimental and with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of this study included all female bullying students of first class high school in Khorramabad city. Using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, 30 students were selected as samples. The subjects completed The Illinois Bullying Scale (2001), And the adolescents form of Achenbach Behavioral Problems Questionnaires. Then, the selected samples were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received compassion focused therapy education for 8 consecutive 90-minute sessions. Finally, from both groups, post-test was performed and data were analyzed using statistical tests of multivariate and single-variable covariance SPSS-22 software. The results showed that compassion focused treatment had an significant effect on externalized problems in bullying students. Consequently, it can be said that Compassion Focused Therapy is Important and influential factor the reduction of externalized problems (delinquency, aggression) in students.