Thesis:

The effectiveness of emotional self-regulation training on self-acceptance and psychological capital in male prisoners of Mashhad Central Prison

included all male prisoners of Mashhad Central Prison in 1403, which was 8,000 people. From the statistical population, using purposive sampling method and based on the score of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Luthans, 2011) and the Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (Chamberlain and Haaga, 2001) in the pre-test, 30 people who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria formed the statistical sample. These 30 people were randomly selected into two groups of 15 people, experimental and control, where the experimental group received emotional self-regulation training and the control group was on the waiting list. Also, analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data and to accelerate the results obtained, SPSS-22 software was used. The results of the study showed that emotional self-regulation training significantly increased psychological capital (optimism, hope, resilience, and self-efficacy) and improved self-acceptance (unconditional self-acceptance and conditional self-acceptance) (p<0.0001). As a result, it can be said that emotional self-regulation training is a suitable approach to improve psychological capital and self-acceptance in prisoners. Keywords: Emotional self-regulation training, self-acceptance, psychological capital, prisoners

Keywords: Keywords: Emotional self-regulation training, self-acceptance, psychological capital, prisoners