PREDICTION OF SHAME EXPERIENCE IN FAMILIES WITH PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS BASED ON SELF-AWARENESS, COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AND SELF-COMPASSION

In recent years, psychiatric disorders have been high and these disorders
sometimes cause shame experience in families with psychiatric disorders. This research aimed to
investigate the prediction of shame experience in families with psychiatric patients based on selfawareness, cognitive flexibility and self-compassion.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on all families with psychiatric patients
in psychiatric wards of the Razi Teaching Hospital of Urmia City during August and September,
2017. A total of 280 person from families with psychiatric patients were selected by accidental
sampling method. The research tools included shame attitudes toward mental disorders, selfawareness, cognitive flexibility and self-compassion. Data was analyzed using of SPSS-19 and by
Pearson correlation and multiple regression.
Results: It was revealed that the variables of self-awareness, cognitive flexibility and selfcompassion had a negative and significant relationship with shame experience in families with
psychiatric patients. Also, the predictor variables significantly predicted 24 percent of variance of
shame experience in families with psychiatric patients (P<0/01).
Conclusion: The results indicated the importance of self-awareness, cognitive flexibility and selfcompassion in predicting the shame experience in families with psychiatric patients. Therefore, in
order to reduce the shame experience, counselors and clinical psychologists can increase the selfawareness, cognitive flexibility and self-compassion in families with psychiatric patients