Effect of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Mindfulness and Rumination in Women with HIV

Hajizadeh, Farzane; Keshavarzi Arshadi, Farnaz; Hassani., Fariba; Safa, Mitra

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2021.54275.1110

Document Type : research

Authors

¹ Depatment of Psychology, Tehran Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2021.54275.1110

Abstract

Objective: Women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) experience negative emotions. Considering the importance of these emotions and their significant impact on the mental health of women with HIV, and considering the gap of information in this regard, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on mindfulness and rumination in women with HIV.
Method: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest stages and a control group. Sixty women with HIV were selected and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received nine 90-min sessions of compassion-focused therapy, once a week. The instruments used included the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) and the Rumination-Reflection Questionnaire (RRQ). Patients in both the experimental and control groups filled out the questionnaires in two stages before and after the intervention.
Results: According to the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), compassion-focused therapy significantly increased the mindfulness dimensions (observing, non-judging, non-reactivity to inner experience) in the experimental group, compared with the control group at post-test (P<0.05). No significant difference was observed between the experimental and control groups in terms of rumination-reflection.
Conclusion: It appears that compassion-focused therapy would be effective in increasing the mindfulness dimensions in women with HIV.

Keywords

Article Title [Persian]

اثربخشی درمان متمرکز برشفقت بر ذهن آگاهی و نشخوار فکری در زنان مبتلا به HIV.

Authors [Persian]

فرزانه حاجی زاده ¹
فرناز کشاورزی ارشدی ¹
فریبا حسنی ¹
میترا صفا ²

¹ گروه روانشناسی، تهران مرکزی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران

² مرکز تحقیقات سل بالینی و اپیدمیولوژی، پژوهشکده سل و بیماریهای ریوی بیمارستان دکتر مسیح دانشوری، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی وخدمات بهداشتی درمانی شهید بهشتی، تهران ایران

Abstract [Persian]

زمینه: زنان مبتلا بهHIV به دنبال بیماری احساسات و هیجانات منفی متعددی را تجربه می کنند. با توجه به اهمیت این هیجانات و تاثیر نیرومند آن بر افزایش سلامت روان زنان مبتلا به HIV و همچنین با توجه به کمبود پژوهش در این زمینه پژوهش حاضر با هدف تعیین اثربخشی درمان متمرکز بر شفقت بر ذهن آگاهی و نشخوار فکری در زنان مبتلا به HIV انجام شد.
روش: پژوهش حاضر شبه آزمایشی، از نوع پیش آزمون - پس آزمون با گروه کنترل است. 60 نفر زن مبتلا بهHIV با گمارش تصادفی در گروه‌های آزمایش و گروه گواه قرار گرفتند. گروه آزمایش، نه جلسه 90 دقیقه ای اثربخشی درمان متمرکز بر شفقت را هفته ای یکبار دریافت کرد. ابزار اندازگیری، شامل پرسشنامه 5 عاملی ذهن آگاهی( بائر) FFMQ و پرسشنامه نشخوار فکری RRQ (ترانپل و کمپل) بود، که توسط گروه نمونه در دو مرحله قبل و بعد از از مداخله جمع آوری شد.
یافته ها: نتایج تحلیل کواریانس نشان داد، که درمان متمرکز بر شفقت در افزایش ذهن آگاهی در مولفه های (مشاهده، عدم قضاوت، عدم واکنش درونی)(P<0.05) در گروه آزمایش، در مقایسه با گروه کنترل در مرحله پس آزمون موثر می باشد. در مولفه های (توصیف و عمل توام با آگاهی) و در نشخوار فکری بین دو گروه آزمایش و کنترل تفاوتی معناداری مشاهده نشد.
نتایج: به نظر می رسد درمان متمرکز بر شفقت در افزایش برخی از مولفه های ذهن آگاهی زنان مبتلا بهHIV موثر است. بنابراین درمان متمرکز بر شفقت برای افزایش سلامت روان زنان مبتلا بهHIV پیشنهاد می شود.

Keywords [Persian]

اثربخشی درمان متمرکز برشفقت بر ذهن آگاهی و نشخوار فکری در زنان مبتلا به HIV

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Effect of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Mindfulness and Rumination in Women with HIV

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Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 10December 2021Pages 67-76

Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 10
December 2021
Pages 67-76