Ali Afshari; Ahmad Esmaili Koraneh
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare negative mood regulation, personal behavior and lifestyle in cancer patients, heart and normal patients. Method: This is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study included all cancer patients who referred to medical centers ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare negative mood regulation, personal behavior and lifestyle in cancer patients, heart and normal patients. Method: This is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population of the study included all cancer patients who referred to medical centers of Urmia city during the first 3 months of 2018. 75 cancer patients, 75 heart patients and 75 normal people were selected through the available sampling method. responded to Negative Settlement Questionnaires for Katanazar and Mirens (1990), Pender's Lifestyle Life Questionnaire, and Personal Inventory of Collins and Associates (1973). The data were analyzed using by ANOVA analysis method. Findings: The results of ANOVA analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the groups of cardiac patients and normal people with cancer patients of negative mood regulation, personal behavior and life style (p<0.01). Also, there was no significant difference between negative mood regulation, personal behavior and lifestyle of cardiac patients and normal people (p<0.01). Conclusion: The results showed that cancer patients experience more problems in regulating negative mood, personal behavior and lifestyle than cardiac patients and normal people.
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mahbobeh karbalaie; kamran yazdanbakhsh; parvane karimi
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Objective: Cancer is life-threatening and a major challenge to the well-being of those affected.The purpose of this study was to predict psychological well-being based on emotion regulation strategies, cognitive flexibility and mindfulness in cancer patients. Method: The research design was correlational. ...
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Objective: Cancer is life-threatening and a major challenge to the well-being of those affected.The purpose of this study was to predict psychological well-being based on emotion regulation strategies, cognitive flexibility and mindfulness in cancer patients. Method: The research design was correlational. The statistical population of the study was women with cancer referred to the Cancer Campaign, Institution, and Association in Tehran during the first three months of the year 119 people were selected using available sampling method. Participants responded voluntarily to the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003), Cognitive Flexibility (Dennis & Vanderval, 2010), Mindfulness (Brown & Ryan, 2003), and Psychological Well-being (Reef, 1989). The data were analyzed by SPSS v.21 and Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. Findings: The results showed that the variables of re-evaluation of emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and mindfulness were positively and significantly correlated with psychological well-being, and the relationship between the repressive component of emotion regulation with psychological well-being was negative and significant. Conclusion: Psychological well-being has positive effects on the mental health and endurance of cancer patients, as emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and mindfulness are associated with psychological well-being, so these factors are needed in treatment and consider patients and plan effective interventions in this area.
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.
Ahmad Valikhani; Ali Firouzabadi
Volume 5, Issue 18 , July 2016, , Pages 119-140
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Objective: Various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. Thus, identifying effective psychological ...
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Objective: Various studies indicated that the death anxiety is more common in refractory disease (like, cancer); and it effects on many aspects of patients life such as their quality of life and promoting health behavior as well as physical and psychological problems. Thus, identifying effective psychological factors on death anxiety in cancer patients could us help to substantial contribute in understanding and managing this kind of existential anxiety. Methods: In order to comparing and examining the relationship between death anxiety and attachment styles, 210 people, including 70 members of three groups of cancer patients under chemotherapy, hospital staff, and ordinary people who were matched the demographic variables were recruited and completed Templer Death Anxiety scale and Attachment Styles questionnaire. For analyzing Data series of variance analyses and Pearson correlation coefficients was used. Results: Results showed that death anxiety was positively and significantly linked with insecure attachment styles and was negatively and significantly correlated with secure attachment style in cancer group. Comparison of attachment styles among groups showed that there were significantly differences between the styles of relationship as secondary, preoccupation with relationship, and need for approval. So that, cancer patients had higher scores in insecure attachment styles (relationship as secondary and preoccupation with relationship) than hospital staff. Furthermore, there was significantly difference in the style of need for approval between hospital staff and cancer patients, also hospital staff and ordinary people. Hospital staff had less mean score than cancer patients group and ordinary people. Conclusion: Since the results demonstrated that death anxiety is more common in cancer patients, and according to the relationship between death anxiety and attachment styles especially in the cancer group it can be said that we can use the issue for managing death anxiety of cancer patients.
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masoomeh abdolkhaleghi; omid shokri; maryam safaei; Raheme Salehi
Volume 4, Issue 13 , February 2015, , Pages 113-126
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Objective: The main purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (BRCS, Pargament, Koenig & Perez, 2000) among male and female cancer patients. 155 cancer patients (119 female, 36 male) completed the Brief Religious Coping Scale. Method: ...
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Objective: The main purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (BRCS, Pargament, Koenig & Perez, 2000) among male and female cancer patients. 155 cancer patients (119 female, 36 male) completed the Brief Religious Coping Scale. Method: The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis methods and internal consistency coefficients were used to compute the BRCS's factorial validity and reliability, respectively. Results: The results of principal component analysis (PC) with varimax rotation replicated 2-factor structure of positive and negative religious coping strategies for cancer patients. Goodness-of-fit indices of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 2 extracted factors. Internal consistency coefficients for positive and negative religious coping strategies were 0/85 and 0/80, respectively. Conclusion: In sum, BRCS appears to be a good instrument that does what it was intended to do: assess religious methods of coping in an efficient, psychometrically sound, and theoretically meaningful manner
