Effect of Emotion Management Program on Self-Compassion and Emotional Regulation Difficulties among Patients with Schizophrenia | ||||
Minia Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
Volume 017, Issue 1, June 2025, Page 148-163 PDF (399.48 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original articles | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/msnj.2025.399575.1180 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Eman Makhlouf Abd Elaziz Ibrahim ![]() | ||||
1Master degree in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University | ||||
2Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University | ||||
3Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder with a wide variety of symptoms which negatively affect patients' self-compassion and emotion regulation. Emotion management program is a nursing intervention that can be administered to patients with schizophrenia to reduce these problems. Aim: Evaluate the effect of emotion management program on self-compassion and emotional regulation difficulties among patients with schizophrenia Research design: The aim of this study was achieved through utilizing a quasi-experimental research design. Sample: included 50 patients with schizophrenia were chosen as a purposeful sample. Setting: this research was applied at the psychiatric inpatient unit of Minia Psychiatric Health and Addiction Treatment Hospital in New Minia city. Tools: Three tools; Structured Interview Questionnaire, self-compassion scale short-form (SCS-SF) and difficulties in emotion scale (DERS) were used Results: showed that there was a statistically significant variance in total score of self-compassion, and emotional regulation difficulties scores among the studied patients after program implementation. Conclusion: It was concluded that emotion management program effectively enhances self-compassion and decreases emotional regulation difficulties among patients with schizophrenia. Recommendation: Establishing training programs for psychiatric mental health nurses to apply programs to assist patients in enhancing their self-compassion and emotion regulation. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Schizophrenia; Self-compassion; Emotion regulation; Difficulties; Emotion management | ||||
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