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Determining the Effectiveness ofChild-centered Mindfulness on Executive Functions and Difficulty of Regulating Emotion in Children with Social Anxiety
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Somayeh Zarenezhad    , Sakineh Soltanikohbanani , Forughsadat Hojjati , Ali Ershdinezhad , Sanaz Zarenezhad *1 |
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of child-centered mindset on executive functions and difficulty in regulating emotion in children with social anxiety. Method: The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population included all 10-11 years old girls with social anxiety referring to psychology and counseling centers in Mashhad City in 2021. The study sample consisted of 38 female students, who were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions of therapeutic mindfulness interventions over a period of two and a half months, while the control group did not receive any intervention during the study. The instruments used included the Gretz and Roemer’s Emotional Difficulty Regulation Questionnaire (2004) and the Barclay’s Long Form of Child and Adolescent Executive Function Inventory (2012). The data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that mindfulness therapy had a significant effect on emotion regulation and executive functions in 10-11 years old children with social anxiety disorder (p <0.001). In addition, the treatment was able to maintain its effect over time significantly. Conclusion: Based on the research findings, it is concluded that mindfulness can be used as an effective treatment method to improve executive functions and emotion regulation in children with social anxiety.
Keywords: Social anxiety, Executive functions, Emotion regulation, Child-centered mindfulness training |
Article number: 4 |
| Keywords: social anxiety, executive functions, emotion regulation, child-centered mindfulness training |
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Received: 2022/10/20 | Accepted: 2024/06/12 | Published: 2025/01/27
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