The Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy on Cognitive Emotion Regulation in Addict Patients in Yasuj

Abstract

Background & aim: In the past 20 years,in Iran, the rate of drug abuse has increased three times than the population growth in Iran. To overcome this problem, psychotherapy approaches have gradually expanded in recent years, and an important issue in quitting addiction is the cause of quitting. The purpose of the present study was to determine and evaluate the effectiveness of desensitization through eye movements and reprocessing on cognitive emotion regulation in addicted quitting patients in Yasuj city. Methods: In the present semi-experimental study, the addicted patients referred to Yasuj through the year 2018 were enrolled. Samples included 30 people which were selected as available, and randomly divided to experimental and control groups. At that point, the desensitization treatment was performed on the experimental group for 5 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The control group did not go through any test. The research tool was the Garnefski emotion regulation questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using MANCOVA, ANOVA and independent T-test. Results: Multivariate analysis of covariance for loneliness(f=14.42) revealed a significant difference between the experimental and control patients (p = 0.001). Desensitization through eye movements and reprocessing has led to cognitive emotion regulation in addicted patient’s experimental group compared to control group in post-test. Conclusion: Sensitization through eye movements and reprocessing was effective on cognitive emotion regulation in addicted patients in Yasouj. Therefore, psychologists can play an essential role in increasing adaptation of these patients by training this short-term therapy and its application to addicted patients.

Keywords

• Desensitization
• Eye Movements
• Cognitive Emotion Regulation