1- Master of Science in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Iran. , Mehdi.mokhtarpour@gmail.com
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The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on cognitive emotion regulation strategies and academic engagement of students with conduct disorder. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of this study included male high school students in Tehran's District 6 in the academic year 2024-2025, from whom 30 were selected using purposive sampling and randomly assigned (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). The measurement tools included the Garnevsky and Kraij Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2002, CERQ) and the Rio Academic Engagement Questionnaire (2012; AEQ). The experimental group underwent acceptance and commitment group therapy for 8 90-minute sessions twice a week. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used for analysis. The findings of the study showed that by controlling for the pre-test effect, there was a significant difference between the post-test means in the variables of cognitive emotion regulation and academic engagement in the experimental and control groups (p<0.05). From the above findings, it can be concluded that acceptance and commitment therapy was effective in reducing cognitive emotion regulation of negative emotions and increasing cognitive emotion regulation of positive emotions and academic engagement of students with conduct disorder.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
Clinical Psychology Received: 2025/09/11 | Accepted: 2025/12/7 | ePublished: 2026/03/29