The effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on guilt and attitudes toward love in women with complex childhood trauma

The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on guilt and attitude towards love in women with complex childhood traumas. This research was semi-experimental in terms of method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study were women who referred to three specialized psychology clinics in 1400-1401 in Tehran. After being screened with shame and guilt scale (SSGS) and love attitude scale (LAS), 30 women who had obtained the desired score were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 15 people. were controlled. The experimental group was subjected to therapeutic intervention based on compassion in the form of 8 sessions of 90 minutes per week, and the control group was placed on the waiting list for testing, so that if this intervention is effective, it will be done on them as well.  The data obtained from the pre-test and post-test were analyzed through covariance analysis. The data obtained from the research showed that the treatment based on compassion reduced the feeling of guilt (F=13/27, P=0/002), improved the attitude towards love by increasing romantic love (F=19/76, P=0/001), decrease in romantic love (F=12/78, P=0/01), increase in friendly love (F=92/89, P=0/001), increase in realistic love (F=59/91, P=0/001), decreased extreme love (F=22/12, P=0/01) and increased precious love (F=159/93, P=0/001). Therefore, compassion-based treatment decreased The feeling of guilt and the improvement of the attitude towards love in women are caused by the experience of complex childhood traumas.