The effect of Guided Imagery and logo therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Hopefulness in Women with Cancer in Ahwaz

Subject Areas : Medical &Health

Sh Abolghasami ¹ , سارا Saeadi ² , ندا N. Morri Najafi ³

1 - Assistant professor in Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonakabon Branch
2 - Graduated of Islamic Azad University, Tonakabon Branch
3 - M.A Students, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonakabon Branch

Received: 2011-04-14 Accepted : 2011-08-18 Published : 2010-09-23

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Abstract :

The target of this study was to  determine The effectiveness of guided imagery and logo therapy  on depression, anxiety and  hopefulness in women with cancer in Ahwaz. The subjects were 42  female patients  with cancer  in Ahwaz Shafa hospital that were selected by simple sampling and divided into two groups experimental (Guided Imagery group and logo therapy group) and one  control group. The research was experimental type of pre-test and post-test with control group. The measurement instruments of the research were Cattel Anxiety Questionnaire(CAQ), Beck Depression Indicator(BDI), Miller hopefulness Questionnaire. Pre-test was preformed  for both groups , then, the experimental group underwent training sesions and techniques of  guided imagery and logo therapy. After applying the  intervention, the three groups were tested again. For analyzing the data covariance Multivariate Analysis method (Mancova) were used. Results indicated  that guided imagery training and logo therapy were effective on depression, anxiety and  hopefulness in women with cancer in Ahwaz., and  logo therapy was more effective than guided imagery.