Comparison of the Effect of Unified Transdiagnostic Treatment from Emotional Disorders and Emotion Efficacy Therapy on Emotion Regulation among Adults with Stuttering

Abstract

The main aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of unified transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders and emotion efficacy therapy on emotion regulation in adults with stuttering and anxiety disorder. The research method is applied purposively and the research design is a quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and control group with a follow-up period. The statistical population include all stuttering adults who visited speech therapy clinics in Tehran and the Iranian Stuttering Association in 2018–2019. 36 individuals (27 males and 9 females) who stutter were selected using an available sample and based on inclusion criteria such as a structured clinical interview. They were then randomly assigned to the experimental groups and the control group. For the treatment groups, each intervention was based on two-hour sessions, and for the control group, no intervention was conducted. The tools used in the present study included the Gratz and Roemer’sDifficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). According to the nature of the study and measurement in three stages, repeated measures analysis was used to analyze the data using SPSS 18. From the remarkable results, we can mention the effectiveness of EET on reducing all six components of emotion regulation difficulties (P <0.01) and the effectiveness of UP on reducing the four components of emotion regulation difficulties (P <0.01). In general, stuttering therapists can use these two methods for better emotion regulation.

Keywords

• emotion regulation
• emotion efficacy therapy
• unified transdiagnostic treatment
• anxiety
• stuttering