Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients
Thalassemia is on the rise and its scientific study is inevitable to better understand this non-communicable disease and to use the most effective therapeutic interventions. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT...
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| author | Maryam Khosravani Shayan Abdollah Shafiabadi Mokhtar Arefi hasan Amiri |
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| description | Thalassemia is on the rise and its scientific study is inevitable to better understand this non-communicable disease and to use the most effective therapeutic interventions. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in improving psychological well-being of thalassemia patients living in Kermanshah, Iran. A pretest-posttest design with a control group was used to conduct this applied quasi-experimental study. Using purposive sampling, 45 thalassemia patients were enrolled (N = 317), and randomly assigned to three 15-individual groups (two intervention groups and a control group). Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale (1980) was used as the research tool. The validity and reliability of this tool were confirmed based on expert opinions and Cronbach’s alpha test (0.90), respectively. The data were analyzed in SPSS using descriptive and inferential statistics (ANCOVA). The participants in the first and second intervention groups underwent ACT and CBT, respectively, while no intervention was made for those in the control group. Based on the results, ACT and CBT approaches significantly improved psychological well-being of the studied thalassemia patients (P < 0.05). In addition, higher levels of psychological well-being were observed in patients who underwent ACT compared to those in the CBT group (P < 0.05). The results showed that the ACT approach is more effective than the CBT approach in improving psychological well-being of thalassemia patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffb0491584e54929b6e0afcf217e4ec92023-12-24T07:15:46ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressRavānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī2252-00312476-647X2020-12-01104012110.22054/jpe.2021.55094.221112748Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia PatientsMaryam Khosravani Shayan0Abdollah Shafiabadi1Mokhtar Arefi2hasan Amiri3PhD student in Counseling, Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah, IranFull Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Islamic Azad university of Kermanshah, IranDepartment of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah Branch, IranThalassemia is on the rise and its scientific study is inevitable to better understand this non-communicable disease and to use the most effective therapeutic interventions. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in improving psychological well-being of thalassemia patients living in Kermanshah, Iran. A pretest-posttest design with a control group was used to conduct this applied quasi-experimental study. Using purposive sampling, 45 thalassemia patients were enrolled (N = 317), and randomly assigned to three 15-individual groups (two intervention groups and a control group). Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale (1980) was used as the research tool. The validity and reliability of this tool were confirmed based on expert opinions and Cronbach’s alpha test (0.90), respectively. The data were analyzed in SPSS using descriptive and inferential statistics (ANCOVA). The participants in the first and second intervention groups underwent ACT and CBT, respectively, while no intervention was made for those in the control group. Based on the results, ACT and CBT approaches significantly improved psychological well-being of the studied thalassemia patients (P < 0.05). In addition, higher levels of psychological well-being were observed in patients who underwent ACT compared to those in the CBT group (P < 0.05). The results showed that the ACT approach is more effective than the CBT approach in improving psychological well-being of thalassemia patients.https://jpe.atu.ac.ir/article_12748_b558a25ecc33c6fa68d8631794c72a2d.pdfpsychological well-beingthalassemia patientsacceptance and commitment therapycognitive-behavioral therapy |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Khosravani Shayan Abdollah Shafiabadi Mokhtar Arefi hasan Amiri Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī psychological well-being thalassemia patients acceptance and commitment therapy cognitive-behavioral therapy |
| title | Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients |
| title_full | Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients |
| title_short | Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Psychological Well-being of Thalassemia Patients |
| title_sort | comparing the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in improving psychological well being of thalassemia patients |
| topic | psychological well-being thalassemia patients acceptance and commitment therapy cognitive-behavioral therapy |
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