Comparing the effectiveness of attention-seeking adjustment training and commitment-based training on family executive functions and narcissistic tendencies among married women with attention-seeking in Isfahan

BACKGROUND: The widespread use of social media has turned the healthy population into needy attention-seekers, one of the symptoms of personality and psychiatric disorders. The present research aimed to compare the effectiveness of “attention-seeking adjustment training” and “commitment-based training” on family executive function and narcissistic tendencies among attention-seeking women in Isfahan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current research used a pretest, posttest quasi-experimental design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population consisted of 60 married women with the attention-seeking disorder. All the participants were selected from the counseling centers of Isfahan in 2022 HS. They were selected using the convenience method. Then, they were non-randomly assigned to two groups: the experimental and control groups. An “executive function questionnaire” and a “researcher-made narcissistic personality inventory” were devised as measurement instruments of the present study. Both groups were assessed by the research measurement instruments before and after the training. Whereas the control group remained on the waiting list, the experimental groups received the training. RESULTS: All the data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and multivariate covariance analysis. As has been demonstrated, training improved the dependent variables (P ≤ 0/01). However, attention-seeking adjustment was more effective than commitment-based training. CONCLUSION: According to the results, both the attention-seeking adjustment and the commitment-based training could be applied to improve the executive functions of families, as well as the narcissistic tendencies of partners.