Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group on Social Adjustment of Women with Breast Cancer

Subject Areas : women health

Mahnaz Taghizadeh ¹ , Shima Parandin ^{2 *}

1 - - Master of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Islamabad West Branch, Iran
2 - (Corresponding author) Assistant professor of psychology department, Islam abase Gharb branch, Islamic Azad university, Islam abase Gharb, Iran, Email: [e-mail]

Received: 2022-08-11 Accepted : 2022-11-16 Published : 2022-12-24

Keywords: breast cancer, cognitive behavioral group therapy, social adaptation ,

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Abstract

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most important and common disease among women, which has the second highest mortality rate after lung cancer, so this research aims to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy group on resilience, social adaptation of women with cancer. It was chest. Research method: The current research was semi-experimental, using a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The study sample was selected by available sampling from among 113 women with breast cancer in Kermanshah city in 2017, 30 patients were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of 15 people, test and control. The intervention group underwent 10 90-minute group therapy sessions for two months; and the control group did not receive any treatment. Ahmadi social adjustment questionnaire (1369) was used as an evaluation tool before and after the intervention. Data analysis was done using multivariate covariance analysis using SPSS version 24 software. Resuls: The results showed that the cognitive behavioral therapy group had a significant effect on the social adjustment of women with breast cancer, and there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study indicate the usefulness of cognitive behavioral therapy group in increasing the social adjustment of women with breast cancer; therefore, it is recommended to use this therapeutic approach to improve the social adaptation of these patients.

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