Samira karamlou; Yasaman Mottaghipour; Ahmad Borjali; Mansooreh Sadat Sadeghi; Hamid Khanipour
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Stigma is a major stressor for many families of psychiatric patients. It is unclear, however, why some families appraised stigma as more stressful, while others feel they can cope with it. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of perceived stigma, cognitive appraisal and rejection sensitivity ...
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Stigma is a major stressor for many families of psychiatric patients. It is unclear, however, why some families appraised stigma as more stressful, while others feel they can cope with it. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of perceived stigma, cognitive appraisal and rejection sensitivity on shame. A group of 150 families of patients were selected through convenient sampling method. A series of statistical analysis including Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis was used to study the relationship between the variables. According to the results of the research, there is a relationship between perceived stigma with other variables, but there is no significant relationship between cognitive appraisal with rejection sensitivity and rejection sensitivity with internal shame. According to the model extracted from regression analysis, 23 percent of the variance of internal shame can be accounted for by perceived stigma and cognitive appraisal and 23 percent of the variance of external shame can be accounted for by perceived stigma and rejection sensitivity. Negative attribution towards mental disorders lead to internal shame and rejection sensitivity with considering others as a source of threat lead people to external shame.
Hamid Khanipour; Ahmad Borjali; Parvaneh Mohammadkhani; Faramarz Sohrabi
Volume 4, Issue 13 , February 2014, , Pages 23-42
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The aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on depression and rumination symptoms in individuals with a major depression records. The study employed a single-case design with multiple baselines. MBCT was given to 4 patients with major depressive disorder ...
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The aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on depression and rumination symptoms in individuals with a major depression records. The study employed a single-case design with multiple baselines. MBCT was given to 4 patients with major depressive disorder over eight 1-hour sessions, and a follow-up was carried out one month later. Instruments used were the depression questionnaire, Beck depression inventory and the rumination response scale. Results showed that depression and rumination symptoms in the patients were reduced by 78 and 48 percent, respectively. The results were clinically significant for three patients. The study suggests that MBCT given in the form of individualized sessions can be an effective treatment for patients with major depressive disorder.
