The Effectiveness of the Integrated Approach of Meaning Therapy and Hope Therapy on Tolerance of Ambiguity, Alexithymia, and Psychological Hardiness of Women with Breast Cancer

Mahmoudi, Marzieh; Dinavizadeh, Shahla

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2024.67812.1313

Document Type : research

Authors

¹ Assistant professor, Department of psychology and Educational science payam noor university Tehran Iran

² M.A in psycology, payam noor university, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2024.67812.1313

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the integrated approach of meaning therapy and hope therapy 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 whom 30 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 hope therapy. The number of therapy sessions was eight 90-minute sessions, and after the end of the training course, both experimental and control groups completed the research questionnaires again. After collecting data, multivariate and univariate 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 approach on the dimensions of alexithymia (difficulty in recognizing emotions, difficulty in describing feelings, and extrovert thinking) 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 meaning therapy and hope therapy in women with breast cancer

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Article Title [Persian]

اثربخشی رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امید درمانی برتحمل ابهام، ناگویی هیجانی و سرسختی روانشناختی زنان مبتلا به سرطان پستان

Authors [Persian]

مرضیه محمودی ¹
شهلا دینوی زاده ²

¹ استادیارگروه علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی دانشگاه پیام نور، ایران

² کارشناسی ارشد روانشناسی عمومی دانشگاه پیام نور، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

مقدمه: پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی اثربخشی رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امید درمانی برتحمل ابهام، ناگویی هیجانی
و سرسختی روانشناختی زنان مبتلا به سرطان پستان شهرستان دزفول انجام شد.
روش: جامعه آماری این پژوهش که شامل کلیه زنان مبتلا به سرطان پستان شهر دزفول در نیمه دوم سال 1400 بود 30 نفر به‌صورت در دسترس انتخاب و سپس به‌صورت تصادفی در دو گروه آزمایش و کنترل قرار گرفتند. پرسشنامه‌های ناگویی هیجانی تورنتو(تیلور، 1986)، تحمل ابهام (، 1993) و سرسختی (کوباسا و همکاران) ۱۹۸۲) بر روی هر دو گروه اجرا شد و سپس گروه آزمایش تحت گروه درمانی رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امیددرمانی قرار گرفتند. تعداد جلسات برای درمان این افراد در 8 جلسه 90 دقیقه‌ای تنظیم شد و پس از پایان دوره آموزشی هر دو گروه آزمایش و کنترل مجددا پرسشنامه‌های پژوهش را تکمیل نمودند. در نهایت اطلاعات جمع آوری شده توسط نرم‌افزار
SPSS و با استفاده از تحلیل واریانس چندمتغیره و تک متغیره تجزیه‌وتحلیل شد.
یافته ها: نتایج حاصل از تحلیل داده‌ها نشان داد که رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امید درمانی بر تحمل ابهام، ناگویی هیجانی و سرسختی روانشناختی زنان مبتلا به سرطان پستان موثر بوده است .(0/001 ) همچنین سایر نتایج رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امیددرمانی را بر ابعاد ناگویی هیجانی (دشواری در تشخیص احساسات، دشواری در توصیف حساسات، تفکر با جهت گیری خارجی) و ابعاد سرسختی روانشناختی (تعهد، کنترل و مبارزه) تأیید کرد.
نتیجه گیری:
یافته‌های این پژوهش می‌تواند منجر به پیامدهای مثبتی در جهت کاربرد رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امید درمانی درزنان مبتلا به سرطان پستان ‌گردد.

Keywords [Persian]

رویکرد تلفیقی معنادرمانی و امید درمانی
تحمل ابهام
ناگویی هیجانی
سرسختی روانشناختی
سرطان پستان

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