The Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training on Control Depressed Mood, Anger and Anxiety in Obese Girls

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-compassion training program on Control Depressed Mood, Anger, and Anxiety in Obese Girls. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical sample of the study was 40 obese Girls students in the tenth and eleventh grades who were selected from among the students of Ahar city in 2018 by convenience sampling and in two groups self-compassion training 20 and control group 20,) Were replaced randomly. The experimental group received 8 sessions of 70 minutes of compassion training. An Emotion control scale was used to collect data (Williams et al, 1997). Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. Findings showed that self-compassion training program had a significant effect on improving depressed mood (P<0.014), anger (P<0.009), and stress (P<0.001) Had in obese girls. These results indicate that this training has good practicality for improving emotion control and can be used as a therapeutic/educational option by psychologists.