Background and Purpose: Emotion regulation difficulties play a significant role in the development and persistence of various psychological disorders, and numerous factors contribute to an individual's susceptibility to such challenges. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of compassion training enriched with Islamic teachings on emotion regulation difficulties in mothers who exhibit early maladaptive schemas related to the domains of rejection and disconnection.
Materials and Methods: The present study employed a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test measures, including a control group. The statistical population consisted of mothers showing early maladaptive schemas related to the domain of ​​disconnection and rejection in Yazd, Iran, in 2024. A total of 30 women were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received compassion training enriched with Islamic teachings over ten 90-minute sessions (two sessions per week). The questionnaires used included the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale by Gratz and Roemer (2004) and the Young Schema Questionnaire (1998). Data were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).
Results: The findings showed that the statistical significance of the difference between the experimental and control groups in the post-test was below 0.01, indicating a meaningful effect. Furthermore, the eta squared analysis demonstrated that the independent variable accounted for 23% of the variance observed in the dependent variable.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that compassion training enriched with Islamic teachings has a significant effect on reducing emotion regulation difficulties in mothers with early maladaptive schemas related to rejection and disconnection.