A comparative study of the effectiveness of reality therapy and existential therapy on the resilience of women with breast cancer

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Somayye Afsharpour ¹ , Alinaghi Aghdasi ²

1 - Master, Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Counseling Department, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2020-07-23 Accepted : 2020-12-12 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Women, breast cancer, resilience, Existential therapy, reality therapy,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of reality therapy and existential therapy on the resilience of women with breast cancer. This study was A quasi-experimental one with pre-test and post-test and control group. The statistical population of the study included women with breast cancer in Khoy city in the first nine months of 2018. In the first stage, the subjects were selected by purposive sampling from Shahid Madani Khoy Hospital who had undergone surgery and chemotherapy. After completing the resilience scale, they were randomly divided into two groups of control (n = 12) and experimental (n = 12). The data were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The results of this study showed that reality therapy and existential therapy have increased resilience and its components. Also, the effectiveness of reality therapy on resilience and its components has been more than existential therapy. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that reality therapy and existential therapy increase resilience in women with breast cancer, and its effect is more in reality therapy than existential therapy.

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