Psychological interventions in health and diseases
fatemeh Fazeli Sani; Mahdieh Salehi; Amin Rafiepoor; Javad Khalatbari
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Objective: Psychological factors play a decisive role in the occurrence and experience of pain disorders. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on alexithymia and difficulty in emotion regulation in patients with pain disorder.Method: ...
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Objective: Psychological factors play a decisive role in the occurrence and experience of pain disorders. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on alexithymia and difficulty in emotion regulation in patients with pain disorder.Method: The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and control group and a two-month follow-up. The statistical population of the study included all women who were referred to Manoushan and Behsa counseling centers in Tehran with psychosomatic problems and pain. Sixty people from this population were selected and randomly divided into three groups (20 people in each group). Research instruments included the Toronto Emotional Dysfunction Scale (Bugby et al., 1994) and the Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gertz & Roemer, 2004). One group received 12 one-hour sessions of emotion-focused therapy, and another group received 10 one-hour sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy. However, the control group did not receive any intervention during the study. In addition to descriptive statistics, mixed variance analysis and Ben Foroni post hoc test were used to analyze the research data. Results: The results for alexithymia showed that the emotionally focused therapy group had a significantly lower mean than the cognitive behavioral group (P= 0.02) and the control group (P 0.001), and the cognitive-behavioral group had a significantly higher mean compared to the control group (P = 0.001). Also, the results for the difficulty in emotion regulation showed that the emotionally focused group and the cognitive-behavioral group have significantly lower means compared to the control group (P = 0.001).Conclusions: The results of the present study, in addition to confirming the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy, indicated that emotion-focused therapy is a more effective treatment for alexithymia. As a result, emotion-focused therapy can be considered an effective treatment that can be used by health professionals to treat pain disorders.
Marzieh Mahmoudi; Shahla Dinavizadeh
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the integrated approach of meaning therapy and hopetherapy on tolerance of ambiguity, alexithymia, and psychological hardiness of women with breast cancer in Dezful City.Method: The statistical population of this study consisted of all women ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the integrated approach of meaning therapy and hopetherapy on tolerance of ambiguity, alexithymia, and psychological hardiness of women with breast cancer in Dezful City.Method: The statistical population of this study consisted of all women with breast cancer in Dezful in 2021, from whom30 people were randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control groups. Toronto Alexithymia Scale (Taylor,1986), Ambiguity Tolerance Scale, and Hardiness Questionnaire (Kobasa et al.,1982) were administered to both groups.Then the experimental group was subjected to group therapy of the integrated approach of meaning therapy and hopetherapy. The number of therapy sessions was eight 90-minute sessions, and after the end of the training course, bothexperimental and control groups completed the research questionnaires again. After collecting data, multivariate andunivariate analyses of variance were used to analyze data via SPSS software.Results: The results of the data analysis confirmed the effectiveness of this integrated approach on tolerance of ambiguity,alexithymia, and psychological hardiness (p≤ 0/001). Also, the results showed the effect of this integrated approachon the dimensions of alexithymia (difficulty in recognizing emotions, difficulty in describing feelings, and extrovertthinking) and the dimensions of psychological hardiness (commitment, control, and struggle).Conclusion: The findings of this study could lead to positive consequences of the integrated approach of meaningtherapy and hope therapy in women with breast cancer.
Masomeh Tadris Tabrizi; Majid Saffarinia; Mahnaz Aliakbari; Ahmad Alipor
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the structural model of the relationship between alexithymia, Differentiation of Self, and gender roles in women’s sexual function with the mediation of social exchange styles.
Method: This research was a descriptive correlational study. The ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the structural model of the relationship between alexithymia, Differentiation of Self, and gender roles in women’s sexual function with the mediation of social exchange styles.
Method: This research was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all married women living in Tehran, of whom 550 people participated in the study through an online call. The instruments used in this study to collect data were the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (1994), the Differentiation of Self Inventory (1999), the Bem Sex Role Scale (1981), the Women's Sexual Function Scale (Rosen et al., 2000), and the Leybman et al.’s (2011) Social Exchange Questionnaire. The structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and LISREL software were applied to evaluate the proposed model. Intermediate relationships in the proposed model were also tested using the bootstrap method.
Results: The results of structural equation modeling indicated the model fitness and showed that alexithymia has a negative impact on sexual performance by the mediation role of utilitarianism and extreme investment styles. In addition, the masculine gender role positively affects women's sexual function.
Conclusion: According to the results, social exchange styles should be considered in improving sexual function. The findings of the present study provide a useful framework for identifying the influential components in the field of social psychology in women's sexual function that should be considered in prevention and treatment programs.
