The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training Based on Dialectic Behavior Therapy on Aggression and Quality of life in Ibn Sina Hospital Staff, Mashhad, Iran

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Document Type : Original Quantitative and Qualitative Research Paper

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1 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad of University Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran

10.22038/ebcj.2024.66989.2751

Abstract

Background: Emotion dysregulation is related to low quality of life (QOL) and increased aggression.
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of emotion regulation training based on dialectic behavior therapy (DBT) on aggression and QOL in Hospital staff.
Methods: The present non-randomized quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design took place in Ibn-Sina Hospital, Mashhad, Iran during a 12-month period since July 2020. The hospital staff with the highest aggression level based on Buss and Perry’s aggression questionnaire were randomly divided into experimental and control groups after random sampling. The quality of life SF-36, Bass and Perry aggression questionnaires were filled at pre-test, post-test, and after one month of educational intervention. Experimental groups received an 8-session emotion regulation training and the control group did not receive emotion regulation trainings.
Results: A total of 74 hospital staff (36 in the experiment and 38 in the control group) completed the study. Most of the participants in both groups were female (75% in the experimental and 57.9% in the control group). Most of the participants in both groups were nurses working in psychiatry wards (88.2% vs. 85.4%). There was a significant difference in changes in limitations due to emotional problems, energy,and vitality, social functioning dimensions of SF-36, and hostility domain of the Bass and Perry aggression questionnaires between two groups at different time periods (P<0.05). These dimensions significantly changed only in the experiment. The effect of DBT intervention remained significant on the social functioning dimension during one month of follow-up.

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Available Online from 03 August 2024

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