Practice in Clinical Psychology
Practice in Clinical Psychology
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Literature & Humanities
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10.29252/nirp.jpcp
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2020
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Effects of Compassion-focused Therapy on Psychological Wellbeing, Life Expectancy, and Psychological Flexibility in Individuals With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
رويكرد شناختي رفتاري
Cognitive behavioral
پژوهشي
Research
<strong>Objective</strong>: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes a debilitating disease that affects the involved patient’s life. Therefore, investigating and introducing effective interventions to improve the status of these patients are among the necessities of modern research. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Compassion-focused Therapy (CFT) on enhancing psychological wellbeing, life expectancy, and psychological flexibility in HIV-infected patients.<br>
<strong>Methods</strong>: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test-follow-up and a control group design. The statistical population included all patients with an active file in the Tehran Blood Transfusion Organization who were eligible to participate in the study according to inclusion criteria. Thirty-four cases were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned into two groups of CFT and control (n=17/group). During the research process, 2 subjects from the experimental group and 2 subjects from the control group were removed. The study participants were assessed before, after, and three months after the intervention using the Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire, Schneider’s Hope Scale, and Bond’s Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in SPSS.<br>
<strong>Results</strong>: The present research findings suggested that psychological wellbeing (F=112.83, P=0.001) life expectancy (F=117.02, P=0.001), and psychological flexibility (F=65.61, P=0.001) significantly increased in the CFT group, compared to the controls (P>0.001).<br>
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: The obtained data revealed that CFT was effective in increasing psychological wellbeing, life expectancy, and psychological flexibility in HIV-infected patients.<br>
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Compassion, Wellbeing, Hope, Flexibility, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-726-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Farzane
Khalaj
farzaneh.khalaj@srbiau.ac.ir
100319475328460010048
100319475328460010048
No
Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Behrooz
Dolatshahi
dolatshahee@yahoo.com
100319475328460010049
100319475328460010049
Yes
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fariborz
Bagheri
f.bagheri@srbiau.ac.ir
100319475328460010050
100319475328460010050
No
Department of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.