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Comparing the effectiveness of mentalization, positive thinking, and interpersonal problem-solving therapies on cognitive emotion regulation in adolescents at risk of anxiety
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Mohammadreza Rasoulitabar1    , Keivan Kakabraee *2 , Karim Afsharinia1 |
1- Department of Psychology, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran |
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Background and Purpose: Discovering and identifying effective components to prevent the progression of risky behaviors and their continuation is of interest to many researchers, psychologists, and activists in the social and educational fields, because failure to prevent and identify its components can trap many people in risky behaviors in the future. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of mentalizing, positive thinking, and interpersonal problem-solving therapies on cognitive emotion regulation in adolescents at risk of anxiety.
Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test-two-month follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all adolescents at risk of anxiety who referred to counseling and psychotherapy centers in Kermanshah in 2024, and the research samples included 80 eligible volunteers (according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria) from the stated statistical population (60 people in three groups to participate in therapy sessions, 20 people in the control group). The data collection tool included the validated version of Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (Beck, 1988) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) (Garnofsky et al., 2006) in Iran, which was administered in three stages of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up on three experimental groups and one control group. For data analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance was used using SPSS-26.
Results: The findings of the study showed that there was a significant difference between mentalizing therapy, positive-focus therapy, and interpersonal problem-solving therapy in the cognitive emotion regulation variable of at-risk adolescents (P=0.001, F=11.860). The results of the Bonferroni test for pairwise comparison of means between groups indicated that there was no significant difference in the mean scores of the adapted strategies subscale between all three mentalizing therapy, positive-focus therapy, and interpersonal problem-solving therapy groups (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, it can be said that the results show that all three interventions used in this study can improve the cognitive emotion regulation of adolescents at risk of anxiety and irritability. It is recommended that more attention be paid to conducting these training courses based on these interventions in adolescents.
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Article number: 7 |
| Keywords: Anxiety, cognitive emotion regulation, interpersonal problem-solving therapy, mentalization therapy, positive-focused therapy |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/12/2 | Accepted: 2026/05/19 | Published: 2026/05/30
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