POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
Year:2018 | Volume:3 | Issue:4 (12) |Papers Count:4

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Its affects different aspects of individual health. The aim of present research was to investigate the effects of cognitive- behavior group therapy stress management on resilience and hope in women with breast cancer. This research included semi-experimental pre-test, post-test with control group and follow-up period. Thirty female patients with breast cancer who were referred to the Cancer Support Association (YAS Kerman) were selected by convenience sampling method in the summer of 1394. Patients divided into two experimental and control groups. Then, all 30 patients completed Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale and Snyder Hope Scale at the beginning of group therapy. The experimental group participated in 10 sessions of group therapy. In the end of group therapy and a month later follow up, both groups were tested again. After collecting questionnaires, data was analyzed using covariance analysis. In the experimental group, there results indicated that Cognitive–Behavioral Group Therapy Stress Management, give rise to improve resilience and hope. These findings were confirmed after a month following up. The results from data indicated that Intervention has given rise to improvement of resilience and hope in breast cancer patients. Hence, this method can be used in oncology centers as a complementary therapy alongside medical treatment.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of music therapy on the severity of pain, perceived stress and happiness in adolescents with leukemia in Ahvaz city. This quasiexperimental study was carried out with a pretest, post-test, and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all adolescents with leukemia in Ahvaz city. A total of 30 adolescents with leukemia were selected using available sampling method and assigned randomly into two groups of experimental and control. McGill pain intensity questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale and Oxford Happiness Inventory were used to collect data. After forming the groups (experimental and control) and performing the pre-test on both groups, the experimental group received 12 sessions of music therapy and the control group did not receive intervention. After the end of the intervention, they were tesed again in post test, and 30 day afterward in follow phases. Analysis of the data using multivariate and one-way covariance analysis showed that music therapy was effective in reducing the severity of perceived pain, and increased happiness in adolescents with leukemia. However, these results were not found to be significant in the follow up phase; hence, music therapy had no sustained effect in reducing the intensity of pain and perceived stress; also it did not increase the happiness of adolescents with leukemia. According to these results, music therapy can be used as a therapeutic approach to reduce the intensity of pain and perceived stress, as well as to increase the happiness of adolescents with leukemia.

One of the health problems is chronic pain which, in addition to the physiological factors of psychological factors, also plays an important role in its continuity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-Compassion cognitive training on the experiential avoidance & cognitive fusion in patients with chronic pain. This study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test with control group A total of 30 patients with chronic pain referring to Khorramabad health centers were selected by available sampling method, And randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups, Then, 30 questionnaires of acceptance and practice (Bound et al.) And cognitive fusion (Guillanderz et al.) Were completed as pre-test. The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of 1 hour of group counseling and did not receive any interventional control group Both groups completed the questionnaires as follow-up after the end of treatment sessions. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results of this study showed that cognitive dyslexia education reduced the avoidance of cognitive and cognitive fusion and consequently the reduction of chronic pain in the experimental group.

The aim of this study was to investigate the comparison of the effectiveness of Fredrickson’s positive thinking and Dweck’s mindset program on test anxiety of gifted female students in ninth-grade high school in the city of Isfahan. This study is quasi-experimental with pretest posttest with control group. The population of the study consisted all 450 gifted female students in ninth-grade of Isfahan city, Iran. After screening the student using the Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI), a sample of 45 students who were obtained higher scores were selected and then randomly divided into the experimental group (Fredrickson’s positive thinking and Dweck’s mindset program groups; n=15, for each group) and the control group (n=15). Each of the experimental group were received 8 sessions of intervention, while no intervention for the control group. All participants were completed the TAI at pre-/post-test. Data were analyzed using the MANOVA. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the Fredrickson’s positive thinking group and control group; but there was a significant difference between the Dweck’s mindset program group with the Fredrickson’s positive thinking group as well as the control group, so that the Dweck’s mindset group had lower levels of anxiety. The Dweck’s mindset program can decrease anxiety of gifted children, which in turn can increase efficacy and appropriate advancement of these students.