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Background & Objective: Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is characterized by an intense fear of negative evaluation by others and avoidance of social situations and is one of the most common psychological disorders. The pathophysiological model of social anxiety disorder suggests that cognitive and behavioral patterns play a significant role in the development and maintenance of social anxiety symptoms. Social anxiety disorder is a debilitating condition characterized by a persistent and persistent fear of being humiliated or judged by others (2). Individuals fear a wide range of social interactions, such as talking to strangers, joining groups, or talking on the telephone. Most situations that involve exposure to others are difficult. Common concerns and symptoms include a fear of sweating, shaking, blushing, slurring words, appearing anxious, or appearing boring, stupid, or incapable.
Social anxiety disorder is the third most common mental health disorder after depression and substance abuse, with a lifetime prevalence of about 12%. A prevalence of approximately 10% has been reported in late adolescence in samples from the United States and New Zealand. Social anxiety disorder persists in the absence of treatment. reported the findings of a US-based community study in which adults with various anxiety disorders were followed for 12 years. At baseline, individuals had suffered from social anxiety disorder for an average of 19 years, and only 37% had recovered over the next 12 years. This compares with a recovery rate of 58% for generalized anxiety disorder and 82% for panic disorder without agoraphobia. Given the high prevalence of social anxiety disorder in society and the psychological problems such as emotion regulation that arise in adolescents with social anxiety disorder, and because no effective treatment has been introduced to date for the treatment of emotion regulation problems in adolescents with social anxiety disorder, it seems necessary to pay attention to the problems of adolescents with social anxiety disorder. On the other hand, hypnosis has been rarely used as a treatment technique in studies related to social anxiety disorder, and its effectiveness is in doubt. Since no research has examined the effectiveness of hypnosis on emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder to date, the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of hypnosis on emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder.
Methods: The method of this study was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. Among adolescents with social anxiety disorder referring to psychology and counseling clinics in Yazd city, 30 eligible volunteers aged 12 to 18 years were selected using an accessible method and entered the study. Then, through random assignment, fifteen people were placed in the intervention group and fifteen people in the control group. The scores of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Granovsky et al., 2001) were compared in two time periods before and after treatment. Data analysis was performed using the analysis of covariance test in SPSS version 22 software. The significance level of the tests was 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the mean scores of emotion regulation variables in adolescents with social anxiety disorder in the intervention group and after receiving treatment decreased significantly compared to the control group (p<0.001). Based on the results of the effect size, 68% of the difference between the intervention group and the control group in the emotion regulation variable was due to hypnosis.
Conclusion: In explaining the results of this study, it can be said that hypnosis has an important clinical role in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention and attempts to create a deeper level of change in patients. Hypnosis is a means of focusing attention that uses guided imagery and changes in attention for an enriched mind-body connection that enables the individual to have better mental management of their anxiety and negative emotions.
There is ample evidence that hypnotherapy is very effective in this regard. Hypnotherapy is one of the best treatments that helps to quickly eliminate limiting thoughts, feelings and beliefs that prevent you from living a happy and fulfilling life. The hypnotherapist engages the person with their past and difficult situations in life that have led to emotional outbursts such as anger, frustration, guilt and shame. Hypnosis helps the person become aware of the moments and events that led them to their current situation. Once the person’s understanding and awareness of their experiences has increased, the hypnotherapist begins to address the most relevant fears and anxieties related to the person’s emotions through conversations. The effort here is to break stubborn thought patterns that do not allow the person to lose control and be able to think differently than before. The results of the present study showed that 5 120-minute sessions of hypnosis treatment led to improved emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder and hypnosis can be used as an effective treatment along with other therapeutic methods to treat psychological problems of adolescents with social anxiety disorder. In fact, hypnosis, with its effect on calming the patient while simultaneously visualizing anxiety-provoking situations, can help the individual regulate emotions caused by their anxiety. The results of the present study showed that 5 120-minute sessions of hypnosis treatment led to improved emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder and hypnosis can be used as an effective treatment along with other therapeutic methods to treat psychological problems of adolescents with social anxiety disorder. In fact, hypnosis, with its effect on calming the patient while simultaneously visualizing anxiety-provoking situations, can help the individual regulate emotions caused by their anxiety.
Social anxiety disorder is the third most common mental health disorder after depression and substance abuse, with a lifetime prevalence of about 12%. A prevalence of approximately 10% has been reported in late adolescence in samples from the United States and New Zealand. Social anxiety disorder persists in the absence of treatment. reported the findings of a US-based community study in which adults with various anxiety disorders were followed for 12 years. At baseline, individuals had suffered from social anxiety disorder for an average of 19 years, and only 37% had recovered over the next 12 years. This compares with a recovery rate of 58% for generalized anxiety disorder and 82% for panic disorder without agoraphobia. Given the high prevalence of social anxiety disorder in society and the psychological problems such as emotion regulation that arise in adolescents with social anxiety disorder, and because no effective treatment has been introduced to date for the treatment of emotion regulation problems in adolescents with social anxiety disorder, it seems necessary to pay attention to the problems of adolescents with social anxiety disorder. On the other hand, hypnosis has been rarely used as a treatment technique in studies related to social anxiety disorder, and its effectiveness is in doubt. Since no research has examined the effectiveness of hypnosis on emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder to date, the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of hypnosis on emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder.
Methods: The method of this study was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. Among adolescents with social anxiety disorder referring to psychology and counseling clinics in Yazd city, 30 eligible volunteers aged 12 to 18 years were selected using an accessible method and entered the study. Then, through random assignment, fifteen people were placed in the intervention group and fifteen people in the control group. The scores of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Granovsky et al., 2001) were compared in two time periods before and after treatment. Data analysis was performed using the analysis of covariance test in SPSS version 22 software. The significance level of the tests was 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the mean scores of emotion regulation variables in adolescents with social anxiety disorder in the intervention group and after receiving treatment decreased significantly compared to the control group (p<0.001). Based on the results of the effect size, 68% of the difference between the intervention group and the control group in the emotion regulation variable was due to hypnosis.
Conclusion: In explaining the results of this study, it can be said that hypnosis has an important clinical role in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention and attempts to create a deeper level of change in patients. Hypnosis is a means of focusing attention that uses guided imagery and changes in attention for an enriched mind-body connection that enables the individual to have better mental management of their anxiety and negative emotions.
There is ample evidence that hypnotherapy is very effective in this regard. Hypnotherapy is one of the best treatments that helps to quickly eliminate limiting thoughts, feelings and beliefs that prevent you from living a happy and fulfilling life. The hypnotherapist engages the person with their past and difficult situations in life that have led to emotional outbursts such as anger, frustration, guilt and shame. Hypnosis helps the person become aware of the moments and events that led them to their current situation. Once the person’s understanding and awareness of their experiences has increased, the hypnotherapist begins to address the most relevant fears and anxieties related to the person’s emotions through conversations. The effort here is to break stubborn thought patterns that do not allow the person to lose control and be able to think differently than before. The results of the present study showed that 5 120-minute sessions of hypnosis treatment led to improved emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder and hypnosis can be used as an effective treatment along with other therapeutic methods to treat psychological problems of adolescents with social anxiety disorder. In fact, hypnosis, with its effect on calming the patient while simultaneously visualizing anxiety-provoking situations, can help the individual regulate emotions caused by their anxiety. The results of the present study showed that 5 120-minute sessions of hypnosis treatment led to improved emotion regulation in adolescents with social anxiety disorder and hypnosis can be used as an effective treatment along with other therapeutic methods to treat psychological problems of adolescents with social anxiety disorder. In fact, hypnosis, with its effect on calming the patient while simultaneously visualizing anxiety-provoking situations, can help the individual regulate emotions caused by their anxiety.
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