Comparing the effectiveness of self-compassion training and quality of life training on conditional self-worth, meaning of life, and emotional impulsivity among adolescents with coronavirus grief in Mashhad city

Abstract

Background and Aim: The experience of bereavement has a significant impact on teenagers' views on life and their behavioral problems. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of quality of life training and self-compassion training on the meaning of life, self-worth and impulsivity of teenagers who mourned the death of their parents due to Corona. Methods: Among teenagers whose parents died due to corona disease, 36 teenagers were selected and randomly placed in three groups. In the pre-test, all members of the research sample completed the self-esteem questionnaires of Crocker et al. (2003), grief experience by Barrett and Scott (1989) and impulsivity by Barrett (1959). 12 training sessions were held for the members of the experimental groups. In the post-test, all members of the research sample completed the questionnaires again. The data were analyzed using multivariate covariance. Results: The results showed that the provided interventions had a significant effect on improving the level of impulsivity, self-worth and the meaning of life of teenagers in the experimental group compared to the members of the control group. Also, by conducting follow-up tests, it has been determined that there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of the provided interventions in improving the research variables. Conclusion: These findings indicate the importance of paying attention to the cognitive and emotional structure of adolescents involved in the mourning process. Since teenagers face challenges in the process of facing life's challenges, they face challenges in their entire cognitive system towards life, the treatments that deal with reframing the mental structure of people regarding concepts such as the meaning of life, for this Teenagers seem useful.