In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology Association

Document Type : Scientific Research

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استاد تمام دانشگاه تهران

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Objective: Considering to significance of psychological factors in occurrence of physical pain, the current research has been conducted for the purpose of comparing mindfulness and self-regulation in women with non-cardiac chest pain and normal in Tehran city. Method: The methodology of this research was causal-comparative design. Hence, the research sample including 60 non-cardiac chest pain diagnosed women among referrals of two hospitals and cardiac clinics were selected by accessibility sampling Method and the sample of the healthy group also including: 60 women of accompanying the patients and the personnel of mentioned hospitals without any chest-pain who have certain criteria to participate in research. The subjects responded to two questionnaires including mindful attention awareness scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003) and Self-regulation scale (Ibanez & etal). Research data were analyzed by multi variables Covariance analysis test. Findings: The results of analysis demonstrated significant difference in average values of mindfulness, self-regulation and its components contain positive action, controllability, expression of feeling,assertiveness & well-being seeking between women with non-cardiac chest pain and normal (P<0/05). Conclusion: These findings showed that mindfulness and Self-regulation has relationship to non-cardiac chest pain. These results have important implications about these structures and importance of therapeutic interventions for these patents.

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