The Effectiveness of an Education Package based on Compassion-Focused Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy on the Tolerance of Anxiety and Impulsivity of Adolescents with Aggressive Behaviors

The aim of this study was to develop an educational package based on compassion-focused therapy, emotion-focused therapy and acceptance-commitment therapy and to determine its effectiveness on the tolerance of anxiety and impulsivity of adolescents with aggressive behaviors.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and follow-up with the control group. Then the content validity ratio and its content indicators were determined by experts. The statistical population was female high school students in Ramsar city, of which 30 people using purposive sampling method (15 people as experimental group and 15 people as the control group was selected as the sample size. Data collection tools included Simmons and Gahr (2005) Distress Tolerance Scale, Bart (impulsivity) (2004), Bass and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992) and training package therapy protocol based on centralized treatment methods. On compassion, emotion-focused therapy and therapy based on acceptance and commitment and its effectiveness on enduring the anxiety and impulsivity of adolescents had aggressive behaviors. The experimental group received a training package in 12 sessions of 120 minutes and the control group did not receive any training. Findings were analyzed using analysis of covariance and analysis of variance by SPSS statistical software

The content validity index for all objectives in the training package was between 0.9 to 1 and the content validity ratio for all objectives in the training protocol was between 0.8 to 1. The results showed that the educational package based on compassion-focused treatment methods, emotion-focused treatment and acceptance-based therapy had a significant effect on adolescents' tolerance of anxiety and impulsivity.

Based on the research findings, no significant difference was observed between post-test and follow-up. As a result, the educational package has the ability to control the tolerance of anxiety and impulsivity of adolescents.