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The Comparing Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Worry in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Masoud Sharifzadeh   , Narges Razeghi , Hakime Aghaei * , Seyed Mosa Tabatabaee |
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Introduction: Generalized anxiety disorder is one of the common psychiatric disorders disorders characterized by chronic and uncontrollable worry. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on worry in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with a control group and follow-up 2 months. The statistical population of the present study was all patients with generalized anxiety disorder in Tehran in the spring year 2023. In the first stage, the number of 45 patients with a score of 10 and above on the generalized anxiety disorder scale were selected and then randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (each group 15 patients) and one control group (15 patients) was replaced and experimental groups underwent emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) and Penn State worry questionnaire (PSWQ). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-28 software with analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni.
Results: The results of the study showed that emotion-focused therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy had a significant effect on worry patients with generalized anxiety disorder (P<0.05). In addition, the results of the Bonferroni post hoc test showed that emotion-focused therapy is more effective (P<0.05).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that, in addition effectiveness of both treatments, the priority of use in the treatment of problems patients with generalized anxiety disorder is with emotion-focused therapy.
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| Keywords: Emotion-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Worry, Generalized Anxiety Disorder. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2024/10/13 | Accepted: 2025/05/31 | Published: 2025/05/31 | ePublished: 2025/05/31
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