Effectiveness of dialectical treatment on rebuke of oneself and others, rumination and catastrophizing of women with breast cancer

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

Davood Taghvaie ¹ , Abbas Masjedi ² , Mehdi Jafari ³

1 - دپارتمان روان شناسی بالینی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اراک، اراک. ایران
2 - دپارتمان روان شناسی بالینی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
3 - دپارتمان روان شناسی سلامت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی کیش، جزیره ی کیش، ایران

Received: 2015-08-09 Accepted : 2015-08-09 Published : 2015-03-21

Keywords: breast cancer, psychological well-being, dialectical behavior therapy, emotion regulation,

Abstract :

A Psychological stress caused by cancer patients, produces anxiety and depression in patients and lack of reduction and treatment of these reactions, causes longer duration of hospitalization, disorders in medical treatment and a reduction in life expectancy. The aim of the current study was the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on rebuke of oneself and others, rumination and catastrophizing of women with breast cancer. For this purpose, in a semi-experimental study, 16 patients were selected from available samples of women with breast cancer from Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital in Tehran. They were then divided into two groups of control and experiment, randomly.  The groups were tested at the beginning, at the end and two months after the completion of the treatment on rebuke of oneself and others, rumination and catastrophizing. The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of 90 minutes dialectical behavior therapy. Covariance analysis scores indicated that dialectical behavior therapy is effective on rebuke of oneself and others in breast cancer patients. It seems, by entering this type of psychological intervention, you can reduce the load of negative emotion and improve the well-being of patients.