Aim: The present study was conducted to developing a psycho-emotional empowerment training package and examining its effectiveness on emotional self regulation in people with panic syndrome.
Methods: The research method of the present study was analysis thematic through comparative method in the qualitative part and quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group design and two-month follow-up period in the quantitative part. The statistical population in the qualitative section included relevant sources and people with panic syndrome (under semi-structured interviews); and in the quantitative section included people with panic syndrome referring to counseling centers in Shiraz in the summer of 2024. 36 people with panic syndrome were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (18 people per group). The individuals in the experimental group received the cognitive-psychological empowerment package in eight sessions. Panic Disorder Questionnaire (PDQ) and Emotional Self Regulation Questionnaire (ESRQ) were used in this research. The data from the study were analyzed through analysis of covariance via SPSS23 statistical software.
Results: The results showed that psycho-emotional empowerment training package enjoys a suitable content validity from the experts’ viewpoint. Moreover, this package also had a significant effect on emotional self regulation in people with panic syndrome at the post-test (P<0.0001). These results were also stable at the follow-up stage.
Conclusion: Accordingly, it can be said that the psycho-emotional empowerment package using the management of excessive worries, providing anger control techniques, awareness of the functioning of emotions, training in changing cognitive appraisals, skills to tolerate emotions and negative thoughts, and mindfulness techniques can be used as an efficient method to increace emotional self regulation in people with panic syndrome.
Aim: The present study was conducted to developing a psycho-emotional empowerment training package and examining its effectiveness on emotional self regulation in people with panic syndrome.
Methods: The research method of the present study was analysis thematic through comparative method in the qualitative part and quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group design and two-month follow-up period in the quantitative part. The statistical population in the qualitative section included relevant sources and people with panic syndrome (under semi-structured interviews); and in the quantitative section included people with panic syndrome referring to counseling centers in Shiraz in the summer of 2024. 36 people with panic syndrome were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (18 people per group). The individuals in the experimental group received the cognitive-psychological empowerment package in eight sessions. Panic Disorder Questionnaire (PDQ) and Emotional Self Regulation Questionnaire (ESRQ) were used in this research. The data from the study were analyzed through analysis of covariance via SPSS23 statistical software.
Results: The results showed that psycho-emotional empowerment training package enjoys a suitable content validity from the experts’ viewpoint. Moreover, this package also had a significant effect on emotional self regulation in people with panic syndrome at the post-test (P<0.0001). These results were also stable at the follow-up stage.
Conclusion: Accordingly, it can be said that the psycho-emotional empowerment package using the management of excessive worries, providing anger control techniques, awareness of the functioning of emotions, training in changing cognitive appraisals, skills to tolerate emotions and negative thoughts, and mindfulness techniques can be used as an efficient method to increace emotional self regulation in people with panic syndrome.