Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy on Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents Covered by the Welfare Organization

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1 PhD student, Department of Psychology, Ker.C., Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Department of Psychology, Ker.C., Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

10.22034/jmpr.2025.70397.6902

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotion-focused therapy on suicidal ideation of adolescent under welfare Nourabad city. This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research was all adolescent under welfare Nourabad city in year 2025. Then the number of 60 adolescent were randomly divided into two groups, including an cognitive-behavioral therapy group (20 adolescent ), emotion-focused therapy group (20 adolescent ) and a control group (20 adolescent ). Then the first experimental group underwent eight sessions of 90-minute cognitive-behavioral therapy and the second experimental group underwent eight sessions of 90-minute emotion-focused therapy. To collect data, Beck scale for suicidal ideation (BSSI) of Beck (1979) was used. Analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test was used for data analysis. The data analysis software was SPSS version 29. The results showed that both interventions had a significant effect on suicidal ideation (p<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that emotion-focused therapy is more effective than cognitive-behavioral therapy on suicidal ideation (p<0.05). Based on the results of the present study, it can be said that cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotion-focused therapy can be used as a treatment method on suicidal ideation in adolescent and the priority of use in suicidal ideation of adolescent under welfare is with emotion-focused therapy.

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  • Receive Date: 25 November 2025
  • Revise Date: 06 December 2025
  • Accept Date: 12 December 2025

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