The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on the Emotion Regulation and Emotion Recognition of Addicted Individuals

soheyla meysami bonab; Abbas Abolghasemi; Mohammadreza Sheikhian; Usha Barahmand; Morad Rasooliazad

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The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on the Emotion Regulation and Emotion Recognition of Addicted Individuals

Author(s):

soheyla meysami bonab^1,*,

Abbas Abolghasemi²,

Mohammadreza Sheikhian ³,

Usha Barahmand²,

Morad Rasooliazad⁴

1Department of Clinical Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

2Department of Pathology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

3Internist, Ardabil, Iran

4Department of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 14, issue 10; e93177

Published online:Oct 24, 2012

Article type:Research Article

Received:Apr 06, 2012

Accepted:Apr 29, 2012

How to Cite:soheyla meysami bonabAbbas AbolghasemiMohammadreza Sheikhian Usha BarahmandMorad RasooliazadThe Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on the Emotion Regulation and Emotion Recognition of Addicted Individuals.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.14(10):e93177.

Abstract

Background : The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on the emotion regulation and emotion recognition of addicts with traumatic experience.
Materials and Methods : This research is an experimental study with pre and post-test design and a control group. The subjects of this study were selected using random sampling method on drug addicts of Ardebil Addiction Treatment Camp who have successfully completed the detoxification period and they were evaluated in two different experimental (15 individuals) and control (15 individuals) groups. The experimental group was treated with EMDR therapy for 8 sessions (each one for 60 minutes) and the control group received no special treatment. All participants filled a questionnaire of Emotion Regulation and Emotion Recognition at the onset of the research and 2 months after termination of treatment. For the data analysis, SPSS-17 software and covariance analysis were used.
Results : The results of covariance analysis test indicated that the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy intervention increased the average of positive emotion regulation and emotion recognition scores in the post-test phase and significantly reduced the average of negative emotion regulation scores.
Conclusion : These results suggest that the treatment of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is effective in improving regulation and recognition of emotions in addicts with traumatic experience.

Keywords

Addiction

Eye movement desensitization

reprocessing

Emotion regulation

Emotion recognition

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