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Houseinpour Kahvaz S, Alavi S Z, Shahbazi M. (2026). The Effectiveness of Paradox Therapy on Emotional Expressiveness and Self-Critical Rumination in Married Women with High Anxiety. Rooyesh. 15(2), 151-160.
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1- Department of Counseling, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2- Department of Counseling, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. zahra.Alavi@iau.ac.ir ,zahra.Alavi@iau.ac.ir
3- Department of Counseling, MaS.C., Islamic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran.
2- Department of Counseling, Ahv.C., Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. zahra.Alavi@iau.ac.ir ,
3- Department of Counseling, MaS.C., Islamic Azad University, Masjed Soleiman, Iran.
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The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of paradox therapy on emotional expressiveness and self-critical rumination in married women with high anxiety. The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the study included married women with anxiety symptoms referring to counseling and psychological service centers in Ahvaz in 2025. The selection of samples was carried out by the purposive sampling method, and 50 of them were selected and placed in two experimental groups (25 people) and a control group (25 people) by the simple randomization method. To conduct this study, the Emotional Expressiveness Questionnaire (EEQ; King & Emmons, 1990), the Self-Critical Rumination Scale (SCRS; Smart et al., 2016), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; Beck et al., 1993) were used. The experimental group underwent paradox therapy individually during nine 45-minute sessions. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures analysis of variance. The findings showed that compared to the control group, paradoxical therapy significantly increased positive and negative emotional expression and intimacy in the post-test and follow-up compared to the pre-test; however, it decreased self-critical rumination (p<0.05). Overall, it can be concluded that paradox therapy was an effective intervention on emotional expressiveness and self-critical rumination in married women with high anxiety.
Keywords: Paradox Therapy, Emotional Expressiveness, Self-Critical Rumination, Anxiety, Married Women.
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Clinical Psychology
Received: 2025/11/24 | Accepted: 2025/12/14 | ePublished: 2026/04/29
Received: 2025/11/24 | Accepted: 2025/12/14 | ePublished: 2026/04/29
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