narges raoofi adegani; Ilnaz Sajjadian; nahid reisi dehkordi
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Objective: The occurrence of particular diseases, such as cancer in children, causes severe damage to the mental health of mothers. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on self-care and compassion fatigue in mothers ...
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Objective: The occurrence of particular diseases, such as cancer in children, causes severe damage to the mental health of mothers. This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on self-care and compassion fatigue in mothers of children with cancer. Method: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest, post-test, control group, and 45-day follow-up design. The sample size in the study was 25 mothers of children with cancer who were selected from those referred to Omid Educational Therapeutic Center in Isfahan 2018 through a convenient sampling method and were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups (12 mothers in the experimental and 13 mothers in the control group). The experimental group received eight ninety-minute compassion-therapy intervention sessions over 75 days once a week, while the control group didn't receive any intervention during the study. The instruments research included a self-care questionnaire (Galina et al., 2015) and a professional life quality questionnaire (Stam, 2005). Findings: The results of ANCOVA showed that compassion-focused therapy influenced self-care and compassion fatigue in the mothers of children with cancer in post-test and follow-up significantly (p<0.001). Conclusion: Based on the present research findings, compassion-focused therapy is suggested to be an effective method to improve self-care and reduce compassion fatigue in mothers of children with cancer
Seyed Morteza Mousavi; Afsaneh Khajevand Khoshli; Javanshir Asadi; Hasan Abdollahzadeh
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Objective: The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on self-compassion and quality of life among women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Method: The present research was semi-experimental ...
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Objective: The present research was conducted by the aim of comparing the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on self-compassion and quality of life among women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Method: The present research was semi-experimental in which a pretest-posttest and follow-up with control group design was used. The research population included all the female patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus referring to the Rheumatology clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital and Tooba clinic of Sari city, Iran, in the first half of 2019. The study sample included 60 patients who were selected by available sampling method and, then, were assigned into two experiment groups and one control group through random assignment method. All the three groups were assessed by using the Neff’s Self-Compassion Scale (2003) and the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (1998) in pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The first and the second experiment groups respectively received the ACT and CFT interventions in eight 120-minute session in groups. Findings: Results indicated that the ACT and CFT methods have been effective on improving self-compassion and quality of life in the posttest and follow-up stages (p < 0.01). Findings affirmed that the effectiveness of CFT on improving self-compassion was greater. No significant difference was observed between the both interventions on the quality of life variable (p<0.01). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, psychologists and health practitioners are recommended to use these two therapeutic models for reducing the psychological problems of patients with SLE.
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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Razieh poorhosseini Dehkordi; ilnaz sajjadian; mohammad raza sharbafchi
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Objective: The increasing growth of breast cancer in recent decades has affected the psychological aspects of these patients' lives. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on perceived stress and psychological distress in the women suffering from breast cancer. Method: ...
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Objective: The increasing growth of breast cancer in recent decades has affected the psychological aspects of these patients' lives. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on perceived stress and psychological distress in the women suffering from breast cancer. Method: The statistical population of the present study included women with breast cancer referring to Ala' cancer prevention and control center in Isfahan in spring and summer of 2018. Research method was quasi-experimental. The sample size was 26 women with breast cancer who were selected from those referring to Ala' cancer prevention and control center through convenient method and were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight sessions of compassion-focused therapy once a week while the control group didn't receive any intervention during the study. The instruments included perceived stress questionnaire (Cohen, et.al, 2005) and psychological distress questionnaire (Kesler, et.al. (2003). Results: The results of repeated measurement analysis showed that compassion-focused therapy has significantly influenced perceived stress and psychological distress in the women with breast cancer at the posttest and follow-up stage. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, compassion -focused therapy as an effective method for reducing perceived stress and psychological distress in women with breast cancer can be used along with medical treatments.
