Evaluation and Comparison of the Effectiveness of Intensive and Short-Term Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on the Mental Pain of Earthquake Victims of Sir Paul Zahab City
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Afshin Safarnia
1
,
Vahid Ahmadi
2
,
shahram mami
3
1 - PhD student, Department of Psychology, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran
Keywords: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, Intensive and short-term psychotherapy, mental pain, women and earthquake survivors,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to compare and compare the effectiveness of short-term intensive psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the mental pain of earthquake victims in Sar Paul Zahab in 1398. The study population consisted of earthquake-stricken women in Sar-e-Pol city who referred to counseling clinic of Sar-e-Pol-e-zahb city in 1398. 45 women were selected by convenience sampling method. One control group and two experimental groups were replaced by a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. Intensive and short-term psychotherapy sessions and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy were administered to the two experimental groups during 9 weeks. At the end, three post-test groups were taken. The research tools were: Orbach & Miklinsler Mental Pain Questionnaire (OMMP) (2003). Covariance analysis test was used for inferential analysis of data. The results showed that both intensive and short-term psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy are effective on the mental pain of earthquake victims and between intensive and short-term psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. There was no significant difference in the effectiveness of the earthquake on mental pain. (p <0/5).
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