Inchenaz Asaszadeh; Majid Mahmoudalilou
Abstract
Breast cancer, being the most common type of cancer among women, causes anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and anger. Metacognitive therapy is a new approach that puts emphasis on reducing useless cognitive processes instead of the cognitive content of thoughts and also on facilitating metacognitive ...
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Breast cancer, being the most common type of cancer among women, causes anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and anger. Metacognitive therapy is a new approach that puts emphasis on reducing useless cognitive processes instead of the cognitive content of thoughts and also on facilitating metacognitive processing. Based on the single-case experimental research, the study intended to examine the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on depression and hope-to-life in women with breast cancer. The study drew on a multiple-baseline design in which three individuals from Women’s Breast Cancer Association in Tabriz received the intended 8-session treatment. The instruments used for data gathering were Beck Depression Inventory (BDI –II) and Life Expectancy scale. Results show that the highest percentage of improvement was related to physical and emotional symptoms of depression and also to the life expectancy, which was 75% and the lowest percentage was 50%. Concerning the cognitive symptoms of depression, the highest percentage of improvement was 100% and the lowest was 50%. Findings also suggest that the effectiveness of the metacognitive therapy for the three participants was consistent at the follow-up testing. Therefore, it is suggested that metacognitive therapy be used for reducing depression and increasing life expectancy in women with breast cancer.
Seyyed Abolqasem Mehrinejad; Sara Rajabi Moqaddam
Volume 2, Issue 8 , February 2012, , Pages 29-42
Abstract
Difficult conditions can reduce hope and meaning of life, increase depression and thus deteriorate the quality of life. This research is an attempt to assess the effectiveness of logo therapy in increasing hope to life in addicts with short-term addiction recovery. Therefore, Miller Test was administered ...
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Difficult conditions can reduce hope and meaning of life, increase depression and thus deteriorate the quality of life. This research is an attempt to assess the effectiveness of logo therapy in increasing hope to life in addicts with short-term addiction recovery. Therefore, Miller Test was administered as pre-test, post-test and follow-up measure on two groups (experimental group and control group). Both groups were made up of 15 people. Between the pre-test and post-test, the experimental group received 12 sessions of logo therapy. The data were analyzed using ANOVA, MANOVA, Scheffe test and independent t-test. The results showed no significant difference between two groups in the pre-test, but a significant difference between the results of pretest-posttest and pretest-follow up test in two groups. They confirmed the lasting effectiveness of logo therapy and its role in increasing hope to life and social adjustment in addicts who are spending their first months of recovery.
