The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Worry and Uncertainty Intolerance in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

2 Corresponding Author, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Professor of Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Tafresh, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor of Cognitive Sciences , Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on worry and uncertainty intolerance in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. The statistical population of the present study was all patients with generalized anxiety in Tehran in 2023. In the first stage, the number of 30 patients with a score of 10 and above on the generalized anxiety disorder scale was selected and then randomly divided into one experimental group (15 patients) and one control group (15 patients) were replaced and experimental group underwent emotion-focused therapy, but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7), Penn State worry and uncertainty intolerance questionnaire (PSWQ) and intolerance of uncertainty scale (IUS-27). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-28 software with analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni. The results of the study showed that of emotion-focused therapy had a significant effect on worry and uncertainty intolerance (P<0.05).

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 20 April 2025
  • Receive Date: 08 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 13 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 07 January 2024
  • First Publish Date: 20 April 2025
  • Publish Date: 20 April 2025