[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Publishing Policies::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 7, Issue 4 (October-November 2019) ::
IJPN 2019, 7(4): 32-40 Back to browse issues page
Effect of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy on Hope, Dysfunctional Attitudes and Meta-worry in Infertile Women
Sima Ebrahimi , MohammadKazem Fakhri * , Ramezan Hasanzadeh
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran , fakhri1@iaysari.ac.ir
Abstract:   (3504 Views)
Introduction: Infertility has many negative consequences, such as decreasing hope and increasing dysfunctional attitudes and meta-worry. One of the methods to improve psychological states is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy method. Therefore, the aim of this study was determine the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on hope, dysfunctional attitudes and meta-worry in infertile women.
Methods: The present study was a semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The research population was infertile women who referred to infertility clinics of Tehran city in 2018 year. The research sample consisted of 30 people who were selected by voluntary sampling method and randomly assigned into two equal groups (each group 15 people). The experimental group trained 8 sessions of 90-minute with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy method and the control group were placed on the waiting list for training. The research tools were the questionnaires of hope, dysfunctional attitudes and meta-worry. Data analyzed with Mann-Whitney, independent t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance methods in SPSS-18 software.
Results: The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of hope, dysfunctional attitudes and meta-worry in infertile women. In the other words, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy led to increase hope (F=126/089, P<0/001) and decrease dysfunctional attitudes (F=68/596, P<0/001) and meta-worry (F=143/190, P<0/001) in infertile women.
Conclusions: Based on the findings, it is suggested that use from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy method for improve the health-related characteristics of infertile women such as increasing hope and decreasing dysfunctional attitudes and meta-worry.
 
Keywords: Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness, Hope, Dysfunctional Attitudes, Meta-worry, Infertile Women
Full-Text [PDF 1194 kb]   (1873 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2019/08/10 | Published: 2019/12/1 | ePublished: 2019/12/1
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Ebrahimi S, Fakhri M, Hasanzadeh R. Effect of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy on Hope, Dysfunctional Attitudes and Meta-worry in Infertile Women. IJPN 2019; 7 (4) :32-40
URL: http://ijpn.ir/article-1-1412-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 7, Issue 4 (October-November 2019) Back to browse issues page
نشریه روان پرستاری Iranian Journal of  Psychiatric Nursing
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.05 seconds with 37 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645