EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS PSYCHOTHERAPY SYSTEM ON SELF-COMPASSION AND THE MEANING OF LIFE OF PERSISTENTLY DEPRESSED PATIENTS

Depression is the general problem of human life and is the most common mental disorder that leads to changes in mood, thinking, and daily activities. Therefore, the aim of this study was to study the effectiveness of the cognitive behavioral analysis psychotherapy system on self-compassion and the meaning of life of persistently depressed patients

The current research was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test and three-month follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included all depressed patients referred to psychiatric and psychological treatment centers in Urmia city in the first five months of 2022, and 30 people were selected from this population by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two groups. All subjects completed the questionnaires of self-compassion of Neff (2003) and the meaning of life of Steger et al. (2006) in all three stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Finally, the data were analyzed by repeated measurement variance analysis methods using SPSS24 software.

The results showed that there was a significant difference in both variables of self-compassion and the meaning of life between the experimental and control groups (P<0.01). In other words, cognitive behavioral analysis psychotherapy system was effective on self-compassion, the meaning of life, and persistently of depressed patients (P<0.05).

The findings of the research show that the psychotherapy system of cognitive behavioral analysis is effective on self-compassion and the meaning of life of persistent depressed patients, and therefore it can be used in clinical interventions for the treatment of persistent depression.