Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients

Aim and Background: Skin diseases, such as psoriasis, are associated with significant psychological and social disabilities. Therefore, the current research was done with the aim of examining the effectiveness of self-compassion Therapy on psychological distress and quality of the life of Psoriasis...

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Main Authors: Azam Arabi, jafar Hasani, mehdi Akbari, Mohammad Hatami, Mohammad Reza Sherbafchi Zadeh
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Published: Armaqan Danesh Firoozeh 2021-01-01
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Online Access:http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-879-en.html
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author Azam Arabi
jafar Hasani
mehdi Akbari
Mohammad Hatami
Mohammad Reza Sherbafchi Zadeh
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description Aim and Background: Skin diseases, such as psoriasis, are associated with significant psychological and social disabilities. Therefore, the current research was done with the aim of examining the effectiveness of self-compassion Therapy on psychological distress and quality of the life of Psoriasis Skin Patients. Methods and Materials: This research is a semi-experimental with control group and follow-up which was observed for a month. The statistical population of the research includes all skin patients with psoriasis who went to skin treatment centers in Tehran between Dec and Feb in 2019. From this population, 40 people were selected by available sampling method and after matching were randomly assigned to experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The subjects of experimental group received seven sessions of self-compassion Therapy, however, the control group did not receive any training. The questionnaires of Kessler's Psychological Distress (2002) and Bref's Quality of Life (1996) were distributed before and after educational interventions as pretest, posttest and follow up study on all subjects. The findings of the research were analyzed with Variance with repeated measures and SPSS-20 software. Findings: The results of the analysis showed that the self-compassion Therapy was significantly effective in reducing psychological distress and increasing quality of life in Psoriasis Skin Patients (p <0.05). Conclusions: It seems that self-compassion Therapy can help improve psychological distress and quality of life of Psoriasis Skin Patients by increasing kindness to oneself and others and managing emotions.
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spelling doaj.art-25e1c8ecd2e04d619f34d3a7811488e82023-09-03T09:32:50ZfasArmaqan Danesh FiroozehTaḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī1735-20292008-82482021-01-01184605615Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin PatientsAzam Arabi0jafar Hasani1mehdi Akbari2Mohammad Hatami3Mohammad Reza Sherbafchi Zadeh4 Ph.D. in Health Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Aim and Background: Skin diseases, such as psoriasis, are associated with significant psychological and social disabilities. Therefore, the current research was done with the aim of examining the effectiveness of self-compassion Therapy on psychological distress and quality of the life of Psoriasis Skin Patients. Methods and Materials: This research is a semi-experimental with control group and follow-up which was observed for a month. The statistical population of the research includes all skin patients with psoriasis who went to skin treatment centers in Tehran between Dec and Feb in 2019. From this population, 40 people were selected by available sampling method and after matching were randomly assigned to experimental (20 people) and control (20 people) groups. The subjects of experimental group received seven sessions of self-compassion Therapy, however, the control group did not receive any training. The questionnaires of Kessler's Psychological Distress (2002) and Bref's Quality of Life (1996) were distributed before and after educational interventions as pretest, posttest and follow up study on all subjects. The findings of the research were analyzed with Variance with repeated measures and SPSS-20 software. Findings: The results of the analysis showed that the self-compassion Therapy was significantly effective in reducing psychological distress and increasing quality of life in Psoriasis Skin Patients (p <0.05). Conclusions: It seems that self-compassion Therapy can help improve psychological distress and quality of life of Psoriasis Skin Patients by increasing kindness to oneself and others and managing emotions.http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-879-en.htmlself- compassionpsychological distressquality of lifepsoriasis
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jafar Hasani
mehdi Akbari
Mohammad Hatami
Mohammad Reza Sherbafchi Zadeh
Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients
Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī
self- compassion
psychological distress
quality of life
psoriasis
title Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients
title_full Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients
title_fullStr Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients
title_short Effectiveness of Self-Compassion Therapy on Psychological Distress and Quality of Life of Psoriasis Skin Patients
title_sort effectiveness of self compassion therapy on psychological distress and quality of life of psoriasis skin patients
topic self- compassion
psychological distress
quality of life
psoriasis
url http://rbs.mui.ac.ir/article-1-879-en.html
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