The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy on Depression and Rumination After Romantic Relationship Breakup: A Single Case Study

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of compassionfocused therapy on depression and rumination after a romantic breakup. the present study was carried out using the singlecase quasiexperimental method and a simple baseline method. for this purpose, three female participants were selected through targeted sampling and they were treated through an individual compassionfocused therapy (cft) during eight 90min sessions. participants completed the beck depression inventory (bdiii) and rumination (rrs) questionnaires in the baseline stage (pretreatment) during the second, fourth, sixth and eighth sessions, and in the onemonth followup stage. moreover, in the pretreatment stage, the participants completed the love trauma inventory (lti) and the mmpi2rf questionnaires to identify the severity of disturbance after breakup and to detect the serious disorder in axis, respectively. then they were interviewed in order to identify their personality disorder. for data analysis, clinical significance method and the recovery percentage index were used. the results showed that compassionfocused therapy has a significant effect on the reduction of depression and mental rumination. the percentage of nonoverlap data (pnd) on the depression scale was 100 for the first and second participants and 75 for the third participant; it was 100 on the rumination scale for all three participants. the rate of recovery of depression in the first, second, third participant was 65%, 72%, 25%, the rumination rate in the first, second, third participant was 47%, 42%, 33%, respectively. therefore, it can be concluded that people who experienced a breakup after a compassionfocused therapy look at themselves with a new and compassionate look at their own.

The Effectiveness of Compassion Focused Therapy on Depression and Rumination after romantic Relationship Breakup: A single case study

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of compassionfocused therapy on Depression and Rumination after a romantic breakup. The present study was carried out using the singlecase quasiexperimental method and a simple baseline method. For this purpose, three female participants were selected through targeted sampling and they were treated through an individual Compassionfocused Therapy (CFT) during eight 90min sessions. Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDIII) and Rumination (RRS) questionnaires in the baseline stage (pretreatment) during the second, fourth, sixth and eighth sessions, and in the onemonth followup stage. Moreover, in the pretreatment stage, the participants completed the Love Trauma Inventory (LTI) and the MMPI2RF questionnaires to identify the severity of disturbance after breakup and to detect the serious disorder in axis, respectively. Then they were interviewed in order to identify their personality disorder. For data analysis, clinical significance method and the recovery percentage index were used. The results showed that compassionfocused therapy has a significant effect on the reduction of Depression and mental Rumination. The percentage of nonoverlap data (PND) on the Depression Scale was 100 for the first and second participants and 75 for the third participant; it was 100 on the rumination scale for all three participants. The rate of recovery of depression in the first, second, third participant was 65%, 72%, 25%, the rumination rate in the first, second, third participant was 47%, 42%, 33%, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that people who experienced a breakup after a compassionfocused therapy look at themselves with a new and compassionate look at their own.