Document Type : Scientific Research
Authors
1 Assistant Professor of psychology, Farhangian University,Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3 M.A in Psychology,Department of Psychology, Payame noor University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Objective: Acceptance-based therapies increase psychological flexibility and improve mental health in people with chronic pains. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acceptance and commitment based therapy (ACT) on increasing the psychological capital of esophageal cancer patients.
Method: This study used quasi-experimental method and a pretest-posttest plan with a control group. Participants consisted of 32 women with esophageal cancer who were selected using convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control groups. Our measuring tool was Psychological Capital Questionnaire which was completed by the participants. Then, the participants in the experimental group participated in 8 sessions of 45 min of acceptance and commitment based therapy. Analysis of variance method was used to analyze data.
Results: Data analysis showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy had significantly increased the psychological capital and its subscales in the experimental group, compared to the control group.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, acceptance and commitment based therapy increases psychological capitals of esophageal cancer patients and represents new horizons in clinical interventions and thus could be used as an effective interventional method.
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