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The Effectiveness of Adolescent-Centered Mindfulness Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation (positive and negative) among Female Adolescents with Social Anxiety
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Elahe Zerehsaz   , Gholamreza Manshaee * |
| Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. & ORKID: 0000-0002-9486-9713 , smanshaee615@iau.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent disorders during adolescence, which can lead to numerous cognitive, emotional, and behavioral consequences. Despite the importance of emotion regulation in social anxiety, few studies have investigated the effectiveness of adolescent-centered mindfulness on both positive and negative dimensions of cognitive emotion regulation among Iranian female adolescents with social anxiety. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of adolescent-centered mindfulness training on improving positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies in female adolescents with social anxiety.
Methods: The present study followed a quasi-experimental design featuring a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population comprised all female adolescents enrolled in secondary schools in District 2 of Isfahan during the 2024–2025 academic year. The research sample consisted of 30 female adolescents with social anxiety, selected through purposive sampling from Amir al-Momenin School based on the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN; Connor et al., 2000). Participants were then randomly assigned (via lottery) into experimental and control groups (15 participants per group). The experimental group received a mindfulness training package (Burdick, 2017) over ten 60-minute sessions, while the control group received no intervention. Both groups completed the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Garnefski et al., 2001), covering both positive and negative strategies, at three stages: pre-test, post-test, and a one-month follow-up. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) in SPSS version 26.
Result: The results indicated a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in increasing positive cognitive emotion regulation (F=83.6, p<0.001) and decreasing negative cognitive emotion regulation (F=78, p<0.001) from the pre-test to the follow-up stage in female adolescents with social anxiety.
Conclusion: According to the findings, adolescent-centered mindfulness training is effective in improving both positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation in female adolescents with social anxiety. Specialists, counselors, and therapists can utilize this intervention to modulate positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation associated with social anxiety in adolescents.
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| Keywords: Adolescent-centered mindfulness training, Cognitive emotion regulation, Social anxiety, Female adolescents, Psychological intervention |
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Received: 2025/12/20 | Accepted: 2026/05/31 | Published: 2026/05/31 | ePublished: 2026/05/31
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