INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPASSION-BASED EDUCATION ON THE SENSE OF SHAME AND GUILT AND RESILIENCE IN TEENAGERS WITH EMOTIONAL FAILURE

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-based education on
shame and guilt and resilience of teenagers with emotional failure. The selected method is
quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design as well as a control group. The
statistical population of this study includes all teenager girls who referred to the counseling
center. The sampling of this research is selective, and the subjects were randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups. The instruments of this study are the shame and guilt
questionnaire of Kuhn, Wolf, Panther and Insko 4, and the Connor-Davidson Resilience
Scale. The intervention consists of 8 120-minute sessions of compassion-based education that
were presented only to the experimental group. The results of covariance analysis show an
increase in resilience (p <0.02), a decrease in shame (p <0.04) and a reduction in sense of
guilt (p <0.001). The findings show that self-compassion training has been effective in the
reduction in sense of shame and guilt and the increase in resilience of teenagers with
emotional failure.