Comparing the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mutual Behavior Analysis on Interpersonal Reactivity, Self-control and Cognitive Discipline of Aggressive Teenagers

Authors
Omid Rouhafza
Arezou Asghari
Health and Counseling Center, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy and mutual behavior analysis on interpersonal reactivity, self-control, and cognitive discipline of aggressive teenagers. The research design was semi-experimental in the pre-test-post-test manner with two experimental groups and one control group. The statistical population was the aggressive students of second secondary school for boys in Gorgan city in the academic year 2022-2023, using the cluster method, 45 students were randomly selected in three groups of 15 (dialectical behavior therapy experiment 1, interaction behavior analysis experiment 2 and the control group) were replaced. The research tools were the interpersonal reactivity questionnaires of Davis (1983), Tanji's self-control (2004), Granofsky and Kraij's (2001) emotion regulation, and Bass Perry's aggression (1992). Research data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance and SPSS version 22 software. The findings showed that the effectiveness of the dialectical behavior therapy group was more than the mutual behavior analysis group. Based on the findings of the research, it can be concluded that dialectical behavior therapy by identifying the previous defective patterns of thoughts and feelings, accepting and validating emotions leads to the improvement of interpersonal reactivity, self-control and cognitive regulation of aggressive teenagers' emotions.
Keywords
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
mutual behavior analysis
interpersonal reactivity
Self-control
emotion regulation
aggression
Asarnow, J. R., Berk, M. S., Bedics, J., Adrian, M., Gallop, R., Cohen, J., Korslund, K., Hughes, J., Avina, C., Linehan, M. M., & McCauley, E. (2021). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Suicidal Self-Harming Youth: Emotion Regulation, Mechanisms, and Mediators. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(9): 1105-1115.
Abolghasemi, A., Taherifard, M., & Kiamarthi, A. (2017). Comparison of emotional memory, decision-making and interpersonal reactivity in students with conduct disorder and normal. Psychological Studies, 2(13): 43-58.
Asghari, H., Brothers, M., Ranjbar Noushri, F., & Jobehdari, H. (2021). The mediating role of the perception of spouse's self-sacrificing behaviors in the relationship between self-compassion and self-control in drug dependent treatment seekers. Social Welfare, 21(80): 117-146.
Arabzadeh, A., Nemati, M., Turkman Menesh, A, & Faramarezi, F. (2021). The effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on increasing self-compassion and mental well-being and reducing blood pressure in drug dependent people. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Addiction Research, 15(62): 288-261.
Alah Qalilo, K. (2008). Analyzing the relationship between pervasive awareness skills, metacognition and emotion regulation with interpersonal behavior of substance abusers, Master's thesis, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University.
Broumand, N., Naziri, Q., Davoudi, A., & Fatah, N. (2022). The effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on cognitive reactivity, suicidal thoughts and social health in repeat suicide attempters. Development of Psychology, 11(9): 78-69.
Bakshipour, B., & Ramzanzadeh, S. (2016). Investigating the effect of short-term solution-oriented treatment on aggression in children and adolescents. Psychological Studies, 12(3): 141-156.
Byrne, Eric. (2014). Reciprocal behavior analysis, translated by Ismail Fasih. Tehran: Farhang Nosh Publications in collaboration with Asim Publications.
Buss, A. H., & Perry, M. (1992). The aggression questionnaire. J Pers Soc Psychol, 63(3): 452-463.
Delisi, M., Pechorro, P., GonÇalves, R. A., & Maroco, J. (2021). An antisocial alchemy: psychopathic traits as a moderator of the different forms and functions of aggression in delinquency and conduct disorder among youth. International journal of law and psychiatry, 77(1): 101-117.
Destamardi, Z., Moqtadar, L., & Akbari, B. (2021). Comparing the effectiveness of self-compassion and interactional behavior analysis on the cognitive regulation of emotion in students with emotional failure. Applied Family Therapy, 2(4): 158-175.
Delavar, A. (2018). Research method in psychology and educational sciences. Arsbaran Publications.
Dam, V., Hjordt, L., Cunha-Bang, S., Sestoft, D., Knudsen, G., & Stenbæk, D. (2021). Trait aggression is associated with fivefactor personality traits in males. Brain and Behavior, 11(1): 217-225.
Davis, M. H. (1983). Measuring individual differences in Empathy:Evidence for a multi- dimensional approach. Jurnal of Personality and Social Paychology, 44(1): 113-126.
Erskine, R. G. (2021). What Do You Say Before You Say Good-Bye? The Psychotherapy of Grief. Transactional Analysis Journal, 44(4): 279-290.
Flynn, D., Kells, M., & Joyce, M. (2021). Dialectical behaviour therapy: Implementation of an evidence - based intervention for borderline personality disorder in public health systems. Current Opinion in Psychology, 37(1): 152-157.
Gupta, M., Basu, A., & Thakurta, R. (2022). Re-examining the relationship between interpersonal reactivity index sub-scales and mental well-being: Implications of the pandemic. Acta Psychologica, 228(8): 362-371.
Garnefski, N., Kraaij, V., & Spinhoven, P. (2001). Negative life events, cognitive emotion regulation and emotional problems. Personality and Individual differences, 30(8): 1311-1327.
Golestaneh, A., Mohammadi, M., Davoudi, A., & Fatah, N. (2022). Effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention on self-control and high-risk behaviors in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with normative behavior disorder. Scientific Research Quarterly of Psychological Sciences, 21(110): 383-400.
Hughes, E., Gullone, E., Dudley, A., & Tonge, B. (2020). A case control study of emotion regulation and school refusal in children and adolescents. J Early Adolesc, 30(1): 691-706.
Inoue, M., Tatsumi, A., & Fukuzaki, T. (2022). Effectiveness of the internet based parent education program on applied behavior analysis for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Brain and Development, 44(10): 655-663.
Kamali Igli, S., & Abol-Maali Al-Husseini, K. (2020). Explanation of aggression based on positive and negative strategies of cognitive emotion regulation in adolescent girls. Cognitive Analytical Psychology Quarterly, 11(40): 1-11.
Li, B., & Weng, Y. (2022). Prompt-based system for personality and interpersonal reactivity prediction. Software Impacts, 12(6): 296-302.
Lee, S. A., & Gibbons, J. A. (2020). The dark side of self-control: High self-control leads to better outcomes when engaging in bad behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences, 105(1): 326-329.
Liu, F., Yu, T., Xu, Y., & Che, H. (2022). Psychological maltreatment and aggression in preadolescence: Roles of temperamental effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Child Abuse & Neglect, 135(1): 599-610.
Linehan, M. (2015). Dialectical behavior therapy skills training manual. Translated by Khadija Alavi, Arjmand Publications.
Miles, S. R., Tharp, A. T., Stanford, M., Sharp, C., Menefee, D., & Kent, T. A. (2015). Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between traumatic exposure and aggression in healthy young women. Personality and Individual Differences, 76(1): 222–227.
Makvand Hosseini, S., Azarfar, F., & Sabahi, P. (2019). Effectiveness of a Short-term Group Dialectic Behavior Therapy on Quality of Lif of Girl Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms. Research in psychological health, 13(2): 100-114.
Madras Gharavi, M., John Feda, M., & Seyed Hosseini, A. (2020). The effectiveness of mutual behavior analysis training on reducing premenstrual symptoms and ataxia in 20-25-year-old girls. Journal of Disability Studies, 10(1): 16-27.
Özbilen, A., Eranıl, K., & Özcan, M. (2018). Investigation of Relationship between High School Students’ Level of School Attachment and Aggression. Journal of Educational Sciences, 10(2): 97-115.
Radfar, S., Zarei, I., Sudani, M., & Moalem, M. (2022). Effectiveness of parenting training package on reducing aggression and delinquency problems of adolescents: a quasi-experimental study. Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, 21(1): 17-32.
Sloot, D., & Scheibehenne, B. (2022). Understanding the financial incentive conundrum: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of financial incentive interventions in promoting energy conservation behavior. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 168(11): 276-285.
Salemi Khamene, A., Ghorbani, S., & Alireza's, A. (2019). Investigating the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on emotion regulation, positive and negative emotions, aggressive behavior and self-mutilation of 13-16-year-old female students. Scientific Journal of Medical Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 36(4): 220-213.
Samani, S. (2007). Examining the reliability and validity of Bass and Perry's aggression questionnaire. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, 13(4): 365-359.
Sadeghi, S., & Moradi, O. (2022). The effectiveness of teaching the concepts of mutual relationship analysis on the emotional self-regulation of girls with conflict with their parents. Scientific-Research Quarterly of Family and Research, 19(2): 141-127.
Tebbett-Mock, A., Saito, E., McGee, M., Woloszyn, P., & Venuti, M. (2020). Efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy versus treatment as usual for acute-care inpatient adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(1): 149-156.
Tangney, J. P., Baumeister, R. F., & Boone, A. L. (2004). High self‐control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success. Journal of Personality, 72(2): 271-324.
Yariari, F., Dehghan, M., & Hosseini, A. (2015). Comparison of feelings of loneliness, emotional regulation and body image satisfaction in users of virtual social networks based on gender. Research in psychological health, 9(3): 34-42
Yuldasheva, M., & Ergashova, Z. (2021). Socio-psychological support adolescents with accentuations of character and aggressiveness. IJIE, 4(2): 363-376.
Zain Ali, F., Saidi, M., & Moradi Fard, R. (2020). The relationship between the quality of parent-child communication and students' self-control with the mediation of communication based on problem solving; Presenting a causal model. Women and Family Educational Cultural Quarterly, 15(52): 7-23.