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- Title
The effectiveness of mindful self-compassion training on difficulties in emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility of mothers of children with phenylketonuria.
- Authors
Habibi, Narges; Yela, José Ramón; Basharpoor, Sajjad; Varzaneh, Abolfazl Hatami; Narimani, Mohammad
- Abstract
Phenylketonuria is a genetic disorder that affects a rare number of individuals. The metabolic and psychological issues associated with this condition can leave mothers of PKU children vulnerable to negative emotional reactions. To address this, the goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Mindful Self-Compassion on difficulties in emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility in these mothers. The study utilized an experimental research design employing a pretest–posttest control group approach, with a follow-up period of 3 months. The participants consisted of 30 mothers who had children with Phenylketonuria and were receiving support services and dietary products from the Metabolic Patients Support Institute of Zanjan Province, Iran. Fifteen participants underwent an 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion program based on a specific protocol, while the remaining 15 served as the control group. The study assessed changes in difficulties in emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility at the pre and post-training stages, as well as at the follow-up stage. The data was analyzed through the employment of repeated measures analysis of variance, followed by the Bonferroni post hoc test. The results showed that the mean scores of the experimental group's total difficulties in emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility changed in the post-training and follow-up stages compared to the pre-training. (P ≤ 0.001). However, after the training, the scores of the components of Nonacceptance and Impulse did not change significantly (P > 0.05). The results suggest that MSC can effectively reduce difficulties in emotion regulation and improve cognitive flexibility among mothers of children with PKU. However, Additional research is required to ascertain whether MSC provides particular advantages for certain kinds of emotional regulation difficulties.
- Subjects
IRAN; COGNITIVE flexibility; EMOTION regulation; PHENYLKETONURIA; MOTHER-child relationship; GENETIC disorders; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 13, p11891
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-023-05297-3