en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and emotional self-regulation in reducing alexithymia among depressed adolescents in Tehran.<br> <b>Methods:</b> The statistical population consisted of all ninth-grade female secondary school students in District 5 of Tehran during the 2023&ndash;2024 academic year. A total of 45 students were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned into three groups of 15 (two experimental and one control group). Data were collected using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Bagby, Parker & Taylor, 1994) and the Beck Depression Inventory (1996). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-22 software.<br> <b>Results:</b> The results indicated that the mean alexithymia scores of both the ACT and emotional self-regulation groups were significantly lower than those of the control group. Furthermore, the mean alexithymia score of the ACT group was significantly lower than that of the emotional self-regulation group.<br> <b>Conclusions:</b> Both ACT and emotional self-regulation were effective in reducing alexithymia among depressed adolescents. However, ACT showed greater effectiveness compared to emotional self-regulation.</span></span></span></span></div> Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotional Self-Regulation, Alexithymia 0 0 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1040-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Negin Vahabi vahabi@gmail.com 100319475328460011371 100319475328460011371 Yes PhD student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran Ali Khademi ali.khademi56@yahoo.com 100319475328460011372 100319475328460011372 No Professor, Department of Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran Farnaz Farshbaf Manisefat f.farshbaf@iaurmia.ac.ir 100319475328460011373 100319475328460011373 No Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran