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Investigating the effectiveness of cognitive-analytical therapy on personality disorders.

Investigating the effectiveness of cognitive-analytical therapy on the level of ego empowerment, emotional stability and communication skills in prisoners with antisocial personality disorder.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20240212060971N1
Enrollment
40
Registered
2024-07-08
Start date
2024-07-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-07-22

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Conditions

Antisocial Personality Disorder. Antisocial Personality Disorder

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Cognitive-analytical intervention in one sentence is "discussions at the unconscious level". These interventions will take place in the form of applying the 10-sess
Session 2: Psychoeducation and Formation of Therapeutic Alliance
Session 3: Identifying Problematic Patterns and their Origins With the use of "Reformulation process"
Session 4: Understanding Relationships and Their Impact on ASPD
Session 5: Building Awareness of Triggers and Consequences
Session 6: Enhancing Ego Empowerment
Session 7: Improving Emotional Stability
Session 8: Developing Communication Skills
Session 9: Review Progress and Revise Strategies if Needed
Session 10: Closure and Future Planning. Intervention 2: Control group: The intervention in this group is such that No type of Psychotherapy will be applied, either with or without a protocol. The mem

Sponsors

The University of Khatam
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The condition for entering this research is to obtain scores above the cut-off line in the Indicators related to Antisocial Personality Disorder in Milon's Clinical Multi-axis Inventory, the fourth edition (MCMI-4).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Being non cooperative at the part of participants in the process of taking the Milon's Clinical Inventory. Not having reading and writing literacy and not having a healthy sense of hearing and the ability to speak.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The level Ego strengths, which is approximately the ability of a person to manage her/his self when faced with adversity. Timepoint: Before and after the interventions. Method of measurement: In order to measure this variable, Psychological Inventory of Ego Strength (PIES) will be used. This Inventory has 64 questions and statements are graded on a 5-degree Likert scale. The highest score a person can get is 300 and the lowest score is 60. A high score in this test means a high level of ego competence.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Emotional stability, which is almost a person's ability to maintain a cool head when faced with extreme exciting situations. Timepoint: Before and after the interventions. Method of measurement: In order to measure the emotional stability of the subject, the individual's score in the neuroticism index (psychopath) in the questionnaire of the big five factors of personality traits; Neo; The short form of 60 questions is considered in reverse, meaning that the higher the score in this index, the lower the emotional stability and vice versa.;Communication skills, which are the ability of a person to establish and maintain effective interpersonal communication. Timepoint: Before and after the interventions. Method of measurement: In order to measure communication skills, a questionnaire is used as a "communication skills test". The scoring of each question varies from one to five. In reverse questions, scoring will also be done in reverse. Finally, the total score is obtained from the sum of the scores.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMohammad Ali NajmZaadeh

The University of Khatam

m.najmzadeh@khatam.ac.ir+98 21 8917 4500

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026