Comparing the effectiveness of emotion-based therapy and compassionate mind-based therapy on post-traumatic growth and perceived positive and negative emotions in adult inpatients who have recovered from Corona virus

This research aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotion-based therapy and compassionate mind-based therapy on post-traumatic growth and perceived positive and negative emotions in adult inpatients who have recovered from Corona virus.

The statistical population of this cross-sectional study included all recovered inpatients with diagnosis of Corona virus in Mashhad city during July-September 2021. Forty-five patients were selected and divided into three equal groups randomly (two experimental groups and one control group). The experimental groups received emotion-based therapy, or compassionate mind-based therapy. The research instruments were the post-traumatic growth questionnaire of Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996) and brief measure of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales of Watson, Clark and Telgen (1988). Data were analyzed through mixed variance analysis, repeated measurements, and SPSS-23 software.

The results showed that there is no significant difference between the two interventions on post-traumatic growth and perceived positive and negative emotions in adult inpatients who have recovered from Corona; however, both therapies affect positive and negative emotions and post-traumatic growth in post-test and 3-month follow-up (P< 0.05).

Based on the results, emotion-based therapy and compassionate mind-based therapy can improve post-traumatic growth and positive and negative emotions in adult inpatients who have recovered from Corona virus.