Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Perceived Stress, Body Image and Quality of Life in women with breast cancer

Subject Areas : social psychology

Sara Mohammadizadeh ¹ , javad khalatbari ² , Hasan ahadi ³ , hamid reza hatami ⁴

1 - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University and Kish International University, Kish Island, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, International Kish Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University and Kish International, Kish Island, Iran
4 - Department of Clinical Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-10-05 Accepted : 2020-10-29 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: Commitment and Acceptance Therapy# Quality of Life#Perceived Stress# Body Image# Cancer,

Abstract :

Background and Aim: Cancer affects many different aspects of' patients' lives and even their caregivers and those around them because this disease changes people's quality of life and forces them to live with a double burden. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of of acceptance and commitment Therapy on perceived stress, body image and quality of life in women with breast cancer.Method: The method of this research is semi experimental that was carried out by using a pre-test-post-test design with the control group. 30 women with cancer in Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital were selected using convenience sampling and randomly assigned in two groups to the experimental and control group. The groups were tested before and after training with Fisher's body image questionnaire, Cohen's perceived stress scale and the World Health Organization quality of life (short form). Data analysis was performed using statistical method of analysis of covariance.Findings: The findings showed that acceptance and commitment therapy was effective on body image, quality of life and perceived stress.Conclusion: The results of this study show that acceptance and commitment therapy can be used as an independent intervention along with other therapies to reduce perceived stress, improve quality of life and body image of women with cancer.Keywords: Commitment and Acceptance Therapy, Quality of Life, Perceived Stress, Body Image, Cancer.

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