The effectiveness of online training reality therapy concepts on cognitive emotion regulation and anxiety of students' mothers during quarantine due to coronavirus

The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of online training reality therapy concepts on cognitive emotion regulation and anxiety of students' mothers during quarantine due to coronavirus. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all mothers of female students of non-profit primary schools in District 1 of Qazvin city in the academic year of 2020-2021, in which 30   people are purposefully selected and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The participants of the experimental group underwent training on concepts of reality therapy in 8 sessions online, but the control group did not receive any training during this time. The research instruments included the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (CERQ) (Garnefski et al., 2006) and the Cattle Anxiety Scale (CAS) (1957). The results of multivariate analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores in the experimental and control groups (P<0.05), meaning that online training in the concepts of reality therapy increased and improved cognitive emotion regulation and reduced mothers' anxiety during quarantine due to coronavirus. Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that online reality therapy training can be used by therapists and counselors as an effective method of reducing psychological problems.