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Yavari Y, Khoshakhlagh H, Sharbafchi zadeh M. The Effectiveness of Treatment Based on Emotion Regulation and Compassion Therapy on the Self-Conscious Affect of Cancer Patients in Isfahan City, 2018. JHC 2023; 25 (2) :121-134
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Department of Psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran
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Background & objectives: The high rate of mental disorders among people with cancer indicates that this disease is a serious threat to people's mental health. Feelings like hopelessness, worthlessness and incompetence, which ultimately lead to shame and guilt feelings, are very common in people with cancer. In order to help reduce the shame and guilt feelings among cancer patients, the present study examines the effectiveness of treatment based on emotion regulation and compassion therapy on the self-conscious effect of these patients.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group, with two experimental groups and one control group and a 2-month follow-up phase. The statistical population of the present study was cancer patients of Omid Cancer Treatment Center in Isfahan city in the first six months of 2018. The sample was selected from people who had the most common type of cancer in this center, namely ovarian, breast, lung, and lymph node cancer, and all of them were in the first stage of the disease. The research sample consisted of 45 cancer patients who were selected by purposeful sampling and equally placed in experimental and control groups using simple random method (15 people in each group). After the start of the intervention, 1 person in the first experimental group, 1 person in the second experimental group, and 2 people in the control group refused to continue participate in the research. Accordingly, 41 patients remained in the study. The experimental groups received interventions during ten weeks, 90-minute session per week. This is despite the fact that the control group did not receive the interventions and were waiting to receive these treatments. The research tool was the Self-Conscious Affect Questionnaire (TOSCA) by Tangney et al. (1989). After collecting data, it was analyzed by version 23 of SPSS software using mixed variance analysis and Bonferroni post hoc test.
Results: The average scores of positive self-conscious affect in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages in the emotional regulation psychotherapy group were 32.14, 39.28 and 38.14, respectively, and the average of these scores for negative self-conscious affect were 10, 7.28 and 7.71. The average scores of positive self-conscious affect in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages in the compassion therapy group were 33, 39.71 and 38.57, respectively, and the average scores for negative self-conscious affect were 8.92, 6.50 and 7.07 respectively. The results of data analysis showed that the treatment based on emotional regulation and compassion therapy are effective on self-conscious affect of patients with cancer (p<0.001) and there was no significant difference between these treatments.
Conclusion: The results show the positive effect of both methods, emotional regulation psychotherapy and compassion-therapy, on the self-conscious affect of cancer patients and there was no difference between the two methods in this effect. Therefore, by performing these psychological interventions, it is possible to reduce the feeling of shame and guilt in people with cancer and increase their positive emotions.
Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group, with two experimental groups and one control group and a 2-month follow-up phase. The statistical population of the present study was cancer patients of Omid Cancer Treatment Center in Isfahan city in the first six months of 2018. The sample was selected from people who had the most common type of cancer in this center, namely ovarian, breast, lung, and lymph node cancer, and all of them were in the first stage of the disease. The research sample consisted of 45 cancer patients who were selected by purposeful sampling and equally placed in experimental and control groups using simple random method (15 people in each group). After the start of the intervention, 1 person in the first experimental group, 1 person in the second experimental group, and 2 people in the control group refused to continue participate in the research. Accordingly, 41 patients remained in the study. The experimental groups received interventions during ten weeks, 90-minute session per week. This is despite the fact that the control group did not receive the interventions and were waiting to receive these treatments. The research tool was the Self-Conscious Affect Questionnaire (TOSCA) by Tangney et al. (1989). After collecting data, it was analyzed by version 23 of SPSS software using mixed variance analysis and Bonferroni post hoc test.
Results: The average scores of positive self-conscious affect in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages in the emotional regulation psychotherapy group were 32.14, 39.28 and 38.14, respectively, and the average of these scores for negative self-conscious affect were 10, 7.28 and 7.71. The average scores of positive self-conscious affect in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages in the compassion therapy group were 33, 39.71 and 38.57, respectively, and the average scores for negative self-conscious affect were 8.92, 6.50 and 7.07 respectively. The results of data analysis showed that the treatment based on emotional regulation and compassion therapy are effective on self-conscious affect of patients with cancer (p<0.001) and there was no significant difference between these treatments.
Conclusion: The results show the positive effect of both methods, emotional regulation psychotherapy and compassion-therapy, on the self-conscious affect of cancer patients and there was no difference between the two methods in this effect. Therefore, by performing these psychological interventions, it is possible to reduce the feeling of shame and guilt in people with cancer and increase their positive emotions.
Type of Study: Research |
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Psychiatric Nursing
Received: 2022/10/26 | Accepted: 2023/09/5 | Published: 2023/09/1
Received: 2022/10/26 | Accepted: 2023/09/5 | Published: 2023/09/1
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