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Volume 14, Issue 4 (Iranian Quarterly Journal of Breast Disease 2022)                   ijbd 2022, 14(4): 4-20 | Back to browse issues page


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Salarirad Z, Leilabadi L, Kraskian Mujembari A, Salehi M. Emotion Focused Therapy Enduringly Reduces Depression and Increases Self-Compassion in Women with Breast Cancer: A Semi-Experimental Study. ijbd 2022; 14 (4) :4-20
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1- Ph.D. Student in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , lida.leilabadi@gmail.com
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
4- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Introduction: Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is designed to help patients identify and process their emotions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of emotion-focused therapy on improving depression and self-compassion in women with breast cancer.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group and a 3-month follow-up. The sample consisted of 30 women with breast cancer in Tehran who had a depression score of >17 at screening and were selected via purposive sampling and randomly placed in experimental and control groups of 15. The experimental group underwent EFTover twelve 50-minute individual sessions according to the Greenberg emotion-focused therapy protocol. Research data were collected using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Self-compassion Scale before, after, and 3 months after the end of treatment. Data analysis was performed using repeated-measures two-way ANOVA.
Results: The experimental group scored significantly higher in self-compassion and lower in depression in the posttest compared with the pretest. In the follow-up assessment, depression scores were as low as the posttest levels, but self-compassion scores decreased relative to the posttest; however, they remained significantly above the pre-test levels. In the control group, both depression and self-compassion scores were stable over time.
Conclusion: EFT can be used as an appropriate intervention to reduce depression and increase self-compassion significantly and enduringly in women with breast cancer.

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Conclusion: EFT can be used as an appropriate intervention to reduce depression and increase self-compassion significantly and enduringly in women with breast cancer.

Type of Study: Applicable |
Received: 2021/08/10 | Accepted: 2021/12/1 | Published: 2022/02/20

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