en Effects of Cognitive Self-Compassion with an Emphasis on Poetry Therapy on the Psychological Well-Being and Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, chronic, and debilitating mental disorder. The present study investigated the effects of cognitive self-compassion training with emphasis on poetry therapy on the psychological well-being and symptoms of PTSD in women. This is a quasi-experimental study of the pre-test/post-test type using a control group.</span></span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The statistical population comprised a total of 32 women suffering from PTSD in Khorramabad city, selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received cognitive self-compassion training with an emphasis on poetry therapy in ten 90-minute sessions based on the cognitive self-compassion intervention of Neff (2011) and related poems. The study scales included the Ryff Scale of<i> </i>Psychological Well-Being (1989) and (1998). Statistical analysis was performed using analysis of covariance by SPSS-23 software. The scores of the psychological well-being and PTSD in women with this disorder before and after the intervention were significantly different. The experimental group showed a significant increase (F=3.70,<i> p</i><.05) in the psychological well-being score and a significant decrease (F=9.26, <i>p</i><.05) in the PTSD score compared to the control group<span style="color:black">. Considering the positive effect of this treatment, therefore, mental health professionals are recommended to use this treatment for PTSD patients. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> <div dir="rtl" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, chronic, and debilitating mental disorder. The present study investigated the effects of cognitive self-compassion training with emphasis on poetry therapy on the psychological well-being and symptoms of PTSD in women. This is a quasi-experimental study of the pre-test/post-test type using a control group.</span></span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The statistical population comprised a total of 32 women suffering from PTSD in Khorramabad city, selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received cognitive self-compassion training with an emphasis on poetry therapy in ten 90-minute sessions based on the cognitive self-compassion intervention of Neff (2011) and related poems. The study scales included the Ryff Scale of<i> </i>Psychological Well-Being (1989) and (1998). Statistical analysis was performed using analysis of covariance by SPSS-23 software. The scores of the psychological well-being and PTSD in women with this disorder before and after the intervention were significantly different. The experimental group showed a significant increase (F=3.70,<i> p</i><.05) in the psychological well-being score and a significant decrease (F=9.26, <i>p</i><.05) in the PTSD score compared to the control group<span style="color:black">. Considering the positive effect of this treatment, therefore, mental health professionals are recommended to use this treatment for PTSD patients. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; poetry therapy, cognitive self-compassion, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological well-being poetry therapy, cognitive self-compassion, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological well-being 271 293 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-190-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahboobeh Beiranvand Mahboobeh Beiranvand beiranvand.mah@fh.lu.ac.ir 10031947532846002361 10031947532846002361 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Fatemeh Rezaei Fatemeh Rezaei rezaei.f@lu.ac.ir 10031947532846002362 10031947532846002362 Yes Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Ghasem Sahraei Ghasem Sahraei Sahraei.g@lu.ac.ir 10031947532846002363 10031947532846002363 No Department of literature, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Department of literature, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Fatemeh Sepahvand فاطمه Sepahvand fatemeh.75.sepahvand@gmail.com 10031947532846002364 10031947532846002364 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanistic sciences, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran