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Volume 17, Issue 4 (Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases 2025)
ijbd 2025, 17(4): 151-170 |
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Jalalpour F, Safarzadeh S. Comparing the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive-Existential Therapy on the Psychological Flexibility of Women with Breast Cancer. ijbd 2025; 17 (4) :151-170
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1- Department of Clinical Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran ,safarzadeh1152@yahoo.com
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran ,
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Introduction: Improving the quality of life of women with breast cancer requires psychological interventions. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-existential therapy on psychological flexibility in women with breast cancer in Ahvaz.
Methods: The current research employed a pre-test-post-test design that included a control group and a three-month follow-up phase. The statistical population consisted of all women diagnosed with breast cancer in Ahvaz city in 2024. From this population, a sample of 45 participants was selected using a convenience sampling method. These participants were subsequently assigned to three groups, each comprising 15 individuals: two experimental groups and one control group. Their age was between 18 to 45 years old, and all of them were under medication treatment. For the first experimental group, psychotherapy protocol based on acceptance and commitment (Izadi & Abedi, 2015) and the second experimental group, Kissan cognitive-existential therapy (Bahmani, 2010), but the control group was not subjected to any psychological intervention. The research tool included the psychological flexibility questionnaire of Dennis and Vanderwaal (2010). Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results showed that both treatments, treatment based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-existential therapy are significantly effective on the psychological flexibility of women with breast cancer (p<0.01). Also, no significant difference was seen between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-existential therapy on psychological flexibility.
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that both acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive-existential therapy (CET) effectively enhance psychological flexibility in women with breast cancer.
Methods: The current research employed a pre-test-post-test design that included a control group and a three-month follow-up phase. The statistical population consisted of all women diagnosed with breast cancer in Ahvaz city in 2024. From this population, a sample of 45 participants was selected using a convenience sampling method. These participants were subsequently assigned to three groups, each comprising 15 individuals: two experimental groups and one control group. Their age was between 18 to 45 years old, and all of them were under medication treatment. For the first experimental group, psychotherapy protocol based on acceptance and commitment (Izadi & Abedi, 2015) and the second experimental group, Kissan cognitive-existential therapy (Bahmani, 2010), but the control group was not subjected to any psychological intervention. The research tool included the psychological flexibility questionnaire of Dennis and Vanderwaal (2010). Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results showed that both treatments, treatment based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-existential therapy are significantly effective on the psychological flexibility of women with breast cancer (p<0.01). Also, no significant difference was seen between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-existential therapy on psychological flexibility.
Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that both acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive-existential therapy (CET) effectively enhance psychological flexibility in women with breast cancer.
Type of Study: Applicable |
Subject:
Nutrition, psychology, sport
Received: 2024/08/18 | Accepted: 2024/10/26 | Published: 2024/12/27
Received: 2024/08/18 | Accepted: 2024/10/26 | Published: 2024/12/27
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