Schizophrenia is the most severe mental chronic disabling disease that the majority of the patients need constant care in a variety of aspects. Regarding the role of family caregivers in taking care of these patients, caregivers need to be resilient, in addition to other psychological traits, to adapt to the circumstance. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the emotion regulation training on the resilience of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in southeastern Iran. The study was a parallel randomized controlled trial. Seventy caregivers of patients with schizophrenia were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to an emotion regulation training group and a control group. The intervention group received eight 90-min training sessions (one session weekly) about emotion regulation. The participants completed the Conner–Davidson resilience scale before and one month after the intervention. The mean scores of the resilience increased in the control and intervention groups at the end of the study. A significant difference was found between the two groups (p < 0.001). At the beginning of the study, the mean score of the resilience was 59.94 in the control group and 51.97 in the intervention group. However, the mean score of the resilience in the control group was 61.28 after the intervention, which was not significant, but it was 69.08 in the intervention group, which was significant. A significant difference was observed between two groups in the mean scores (p = 0.01). According to the results of this study, cognitive and metacognitive skills of emotion regulation can be suggested as one of the methods for increasing the psychological well-being of schizophrenia patients’ caregivers. The increase of mental well-being and resilience of caregivers can help them better manage a patient with schizophrenia. Trial registration IRCT registration number: IRCT2017061733997N2, Registration date: 2017-08-16, 1396/05/25, Registration timing: prospective, https://en.irct.ir/trial/26116

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情绪调节训练对精神分裂症患者看护者适应能力的影响：一项平行随机对照试验

精神分裂症是最严重的精神慢性残疾疾病，大多数患者在各个方面都需要不断的护理。关于家庭照顾者在照顾这些患者中的作用，除了其他心理特征外，照顾者还需要有弹性，以适应这种情况。这项研究旨在调查情绪调节训练对伊朗东南部精神分裂症患者看护者的适应能力的影响。该研究是一项平行的随机对照试验。通过便利抽样方法选择精神分裂症患者的70名看护人，并随机分为情绪调节训练组和对照组。干预小组接受了八次关于情绪调节的90分钟培训课程（每周一次）。参与者在干预前和干预后一个月完成了Conner-Davidson适应力量表。在研究结束时，对照组和干预组的弹性平均得分提高。两组之间存在显着差异（p <0.001）。在研究开始时，对照组的平均弹性评分为59.94，干预组的平均弹性评分为51.97。然而，干预后对照组的平均弹性评分为61.28，不显着，但干预组为69.08，具有统计学意义。两组之间的平均得分存在显着差异（p = 0.01）。根据这项研究的结果，情绪调节的认知和元认知技能可以作为增加精神分裂症患者看护者心理健康的方法之一。护理人员的心理健康和适应能力的增强可以帮助他们更好地管理精神分裂症患者。试用注册IRCT注册号：IRCT2017061733997N2，注册日期：2017-08-16，1396/05/25，注册时间：前瞻性，https://en.irct.ir/trial/26116