اثربخشي شفقت‌درماني بر خوش‌بيني، مهارت‌هاي ارتباطي و هوش هيجاني نوجوانان با آسيب بينايي

This study aimed to eva‎luate the effectiveness of compassion therapy on optimism, communication skills, and emotional intelligence In adolescent girls with visually impairment. This research was applied in nature and employed a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test, and control group. The statistical population consisted of visually impaired girls in Esfahan Province who were enrolled in schools in the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample included 30 visually impaired female students aged 14 to 18, who were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. The compassion therapy program was administered to the experimental group in eight 90-minute sessions, while the control group received no intervention and remained on a waiting list. To assess optimism, communication skills, and emotional intelligence, the study used the Revised Life Orientation Test, the Revised Communication Skills Questionnaire, and the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, respectively. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 24. To eva‎luate the effectiveness of compassion therapy on the three variables—optimism, communication skills, and emotional intelligence—and to control for the pre-test effect, one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was employed to assess the impact of the program on subscales of optimism, communication skills, and emotional intelligence. The results indicated that compassion therapy had a positive and significant effect on the optimism of visually impaired adolescents In. addition, the intervention positively and significantly affected communication skills and emotional intelligence in these adolescents. Therefore, considering the effectiveness of compassion therapy on optimism, communication skills, and emotional intelligence In adolescent girls with visually impairment, it can be concluded that this intervention is of significant importance and necessity for the parents of children and adolescents with visual impairments

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