The effect of compassion on perfectionism and obsession of mothers with students suffering from academic anxiety

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Professor Assistant of Clinical Psychology Department, Medical Science Faculty, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

3 Master's student in clinical psychology .Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

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Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of compassion on perfectionism and obsession of mothers with students suffering from academic anxiety.
Methods: This research was applied in terms of its purpose and was conducted in a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test manner with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the research included mothers of students admitted to the educational counseling centers of Hamadan District 1 in the academic year 1402-1403 who were diagnosed with academic anxiety. The sample size was 40 people, who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. To collect data, the Terry-Short et al. (1995) perfectionism questionnaire and Yale-Browne's (1986) obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) questionnaire and Gilbert's (2009) self-compassion-based treatment protocol were used for 8 sessions, 50 minutes each week. Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. SPSS 25 software was used for statistical analyses.
Results: The findings showed that compassion education increased positive perfectionism and decreased negative perfectionism and obsession in mothers of students with academic anxiety (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Compassion training was able to significantly reduce negative perfectionism and obsession and increase positive perfectionism, compared to the control group.

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Journal of School Psychology
Volume 14, Issue 3
October 2025

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