Comparison of the effectiveness Processing Emotion Regulation Strategies Training and Logo Therapy on Psychosomatic Symptoms in women with infertility

Subject Areas : Psychology of couples

Hajar Aghaei ¹ , Marzieh Alivandi Vafa ^{2 *} , Laya Farzadi ³ , Ali nagi Agdasi ⁴

1 - Ph.D. candidate in psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran, [e-mail]
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran (Corresponding author), [e-mail] , tell: 09148453325
3 - Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran [e-mail]
4 - Assistant Professor, Counseling Department, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz Islamic Azad University, Iran [e-mail]

Received: 2024-11-21 Accepted : 2024-12-24 Published : 2025-07-11

Keywords: infertility, logo therapy, Processing Emotion Regulation Strategies Training, psychosomatic symptoms, infertility,

Abstract :

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Abstract

Introduction: Psychosomatic symptoms in the infertility community are one of the most challenging areas in the world of psychology and medicine. The aim of the present study was to compare the training of emotion process self-regulation strategies and semantic therapy on psychosomatic symptoms of women with infertility.

Research method: In terms of methodology, it was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study was all women with infertility who referred to Dena and Zeinbiyeh hospitals in Shiraz in the summer of 1403. For sampling, a purposive non-random sampling method was used. The sample size was 45 people who, after selection, were randomly placed in two experimental groups and a control group (15 people in each group). The experimental group received two interventions separately during 8 90-minute sessions; but the control group did not receive any training. The research tools were the psychosomatic symptoms questionnaire, the intervention of emotion process self-regulation strategies training, semantic therapy. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS version 24.

Findings: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between training in emotion process self-regulation strategies and meaning therapy on psychosomatic symptoms of women with infertility compared to the control group.

Conclusion: Based on the results obtained, both interventions were equally effective on psychosomatic symptoms of infertile women. Overall, it can be concluded that both interventions have the power to be effective on psychosomatic symptoms in infertile women. (p<0.01).

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