Maryam Parnian Khooy
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused therapy on perceived stress and emotional suppression in coronary artery disease patients. Method: The research method was a ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused therapy on perceived stress and emotional suppression in coronary artery disease patients. Method: The research method was a quasi - experimental design with pre test - post test experimental and control groups. The statistical population includes all the coronary artery patients who had referred to Tabriz medical centers and received a diagnosis by a specialist. The sample consisted of 30 patients, who were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups in the same way. The experimental group received compassion – based trherapy in 8 two-hour sessions, while the control group did not receive any therapeutic intervention. Data collection tools were perceived stress scale and Weinberger adjustment inventory. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data of the present study. Findings: The results showed that compassion – focused therapy had a significant effect on reducing perceived stress (P < 0.01) and emotional suppression (P < 0.01) in patients with coronary artery disease. Conclusion: It can be concluded that compassion – focused therapy is effective way to reduce perceived stress and emotional suppression in patients with coronary heart disease.
Maryam Parnian Khooy; Leila Kehtary; Ali gharadaghi; Maryam Eidi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determining the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused therapy on experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion of cancer patients with depression symptoms. Method: The study was a quasi – experimental design with pre test - post test experimental and control ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determining the effectiveness of Compassion-Focused therapy on experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion of cancer patients with depression symptoms. Method: The study was a quasi – experimental design with pre test - post test experimental and control groups. The statistical population of this study was all the cancer patients who refered to the Valiasr Hospital in Tabriz and the offices of several Specialists in Tabriz during the third quarter of 2019. The sample consisted of 30 patients, who were selected with available sampling method. The sample of 30 participants were placed randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, thus 15 patients in the experimental group and 15 patients in the control group. The experimental group received Compassion-Focused therapy in 8 sessions of two hours, while the control group did not receive any intervention. For collecting data, Acceptance and action Questionnaire-II for experiential avoidance measurement, cognitive fusion questionnaire were used. The Data were analyzed with Covariance method. Findings: The results showed that compassion-focused therapy had a significant effect on reducing the experiential avoidance (P<0.03) and cognitive fusion (P<0.01) in cancer patients with depression symptoms. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that compassion-focused therapy is an effective intervention to reduce the experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion in cancer patients with depression symptoms.
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Rasoul Heshmati; Elaheh Naseri; Maryam Parnian Khoy
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Objective: Smoking additionally is one of the risk factors for cancer, can play an important role in the recovery process of cancer patients. This issue is affected by several factors. Therefore, the purpose of this study was investigating the role of emotional repression and ego – strength in ...
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Objective: Smoking additionally is one of the risk factors for cancer, can play an important role in the recovery process of cancer patients. This issue is affected by several factors. Therefore, the purpose of this study was investigating the role of emotional repression and ego – strength in predicting of smoking and non-smoking in cancer patients. Method: In this research that is a descriptive – correlative and cross-sectional study, from the cancer patients who referred to the chemotherapy part in Vali-e-Asr hospital in Tabriz during the April and May months of 2017, 120 patient were selected using the available sampling method. The instruments used in this study were Weinbergeret.al Adjustment Inventory (WAI) (1979) and Markstrom et.al Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strength (PIES). Data were analyzed using software SPSS 21 and Logistic regression method.Result: Findings Showed that among the components of emotional repression, subjective experience of distress (β= -0.12) can predict smoking.The regression model of emotional repression for 73/3 percent of participants correctly predicted the results. About ego – strength, hope (β= -0.16) and purpose (β= -0.14) are able to predict of smoking. Also, ego – strength’s model for 77.5 percent of participants correctly can predict smoking. Conclusion: subjective experience of distress, hope and purpose are an important determinants of smoking in cancer patients. It is necessary to consider the role of these variables in smoking cessation interventions in cancer patients.
