The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Training (CFT) on Social Self- Efficacy, Distress Tolerance and Self-Criticism in Adolesent Girls under Welfare Organization Care

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-based training on social self-efficacy, distress tolerance, and self-criticism in adolescent girls under the supervision of the Welfare Organization. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, and control group. The sample consisted of 30 adolescent girls aged 14 to 18 years old who were under the supervision of the Kerman Welfare Organization. They were selected by available sampling and assigned to the experimental and control groups(15 people in each group). The experimental group received compassion-focused training intervention (8 sessions of 90 minutes), while the control group received no training. At the end of training sessions, post-test, and two months after that, follow-up was conducted. Connolly Adolescent Social Self-efficacy Questionnaire, the Simons and Gaher DistressTolerance Questionnaire, and the Thompson & zuroff Self-Criticism Questionnaire were used to collect the data. Data were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance. The results showed that compassion-focused training significantly affected social self-efficacy, distress tolerance, and self-criticism. This effect also continued in the follow-up. Based on the findings, compassion- focused training can be used as a suitable treatment option to improve social self-efficacy, distress tolerance, and reducing self-criticism.