Psychology
Fariba Karimi; Kiomars Farahbakhsh; Hosain Salimi bajestani; Abdollah Moatamedi
Volume 27, Issue 2 , July and August 2020, , Pages 257-265
Abstract
AbstractBackground and Aim Self-harm is defined as a deliberate act of self-harm without thinking of suicide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Mentalization Based Therapy on increasing the quality of family relationships and reducing their self-harm behavior in adolescent girls.Materials ...
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AbstractBackground and Aim Self-harm is defined as a deliberate act of self-harm without thinking of suicide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Mentalization Based Therapy on increasing the quality of family relationships and reducing their self-harm behavior in adolescent girls.Materials and Methods This research was a pretest-posttest-interventional pattern with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all adolescent girls from Avan in 2017-18. Of these, 30 available samples were selected and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The intervention included 8 training sessions on the Mentalization Based Therapy. Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, Quality of relationship inventory and Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory were used. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis and Chi square test.Results showed that there is a significant difference between the mean quality of family relationships and the mentality of the experimental and control group (P P).Conclusion A positive change in mentalization and improvement in family relationships can reduce self-harm. The results of the research are based on the Mentalization Based Therapy of the quality of family relationships and self-harm behavior in adolescent girls.