The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy based on Self-Compassion on Rumination and Emotional Regulation in Men with Suicidal Attempts

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy based on self-compassion on rumination and emotional regulation in men with suicidal attempts. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study included all men attempting suicide, referred to the emergency center of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran in 1402. The statistical sample included 30 people who were selected as available and then randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group received 8 90-minute sessions of self-compassion-based acceptance and commitment therapy, and the control group remained on the waiting list. Data collection tools included rumination questionnaire (Nolen Hoeksma and Maro, 1991) and emotional regulation questionnaire (Garnefsky et al., 2001). Also, in order to measure validity, content validity was used, and for this purpose, the questionnaire was approved by the relevant experts. The analysis of the information obtained from the implementation of the questionnaires was done through SPSS-v22 software in two descriptive and inferential parts (analysis of covariance). The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy based on self-compassion reduced rumination in suicidal men. Also, the results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy based on self-compassion increased emotional regulation in men with suicidal attempts. The findings of this research indicated the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy based on self-compassion on rumination and emotional regulation in men with suicide attempts.