The Effectiveness of the Positive Mindfulness Training Program on the Cognitive Regulation of Emotion and the Number of Convulsive Attacks in Adolescents with Pseudo-Epilepsy Disorder in Isfahan

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1 MA In clinical psychology of children & adolescent, university of Isfahan. Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, university of Isfahan. Isfahan, Iran.

3 Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of positive mindfulness training on the cognitive regulation of emotion and the number of seizures in adolescents with Pseudo-epilepsy. This research was semi-experimental with a time series design of one group and no control group in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up. The statistical population included adolescents aged 14 to 18 years with Pseudo-epilepsy in Isfahan City in 1401. In this research, 14 adolescents with pseudo-epilepsy were selected and divided into two groups of boys and girls (7 people in each group). These two groups received the positive mindfulness training program in 8 sessions. The questionnaire used included a demographic questionnaire to measure the number of convulsive attacks and a cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (Garnefski, 2001). The statistical method was the analysis of variance with repeated measurements and LSD post hoc test and was analyzed with the SPSS-24 program. The results showed that this intervention had a significant effect on the cognitive regulation of emotion and the number of convulsive attacks (P<0.05) and was able to affect the positive strategies of cognitive regulation of emotion (F=680.23, P=0.002), the negative strategy of cognitive regulation excitement (F= 485.35, P= 0.001) and the number of convulsive attacks (F= 304.20, P= 0.001). Therefore, the positive mindfulness training program can be used as an efficient method to reduce negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies and the number of seizures and increase the use of positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in adolescents with Pseudo-epilepsy

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  • Receive Date: 10 April 2023
  • Revise Date: 20 May 2023
  • Accept Date: 25 May 2023

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