Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Therapy and its Comparison with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Cognitive Regulatory Strategies Excitement of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
sedighe aghalar 1
Fardin Moradi Manesh 2
Naser Saraj Khorami 3
Fariba Hafezi 4
1 Ph.D Student, Department of Health Psychology, Khoramshahr-Persian Gulf, International Branch, Islamic Azad University, khoramshahr, Iran
2 Department of Psychology, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran
3 Department of Psychology, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran.
4 Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2020.17143
Abstract
Introduction: Research has shown that patients with irritable bowel syndrome have difficulty regulating their emotions; Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment and compare it with cognitive-behavioral therapy on the cognitive regulatory strategies of excitement of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Materials and Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test and follow-up with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the present study includes patients with irritable bowel syndrome referred to the private offices of physicians in Semirom. The sample size was 45 people with irritable bowel syndrome who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to three research groups (two treatment groups treated with CBT, ACT and control group). The data were collected by analysis of covariance and repeated measures analysis of variance and LSD post hoc test.
Results: The research results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy has a significant effect on all aspects of cognitive emotion regulation (p < 0.001). Acceptance and commitment-based therapy also has a significant effect on all aspects of cognitive emotion regulation, except for the components of acceptance, ruminant, perspective, and catastrophe (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference between the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapies and acceptance-based therapy and commitment to cognitive-regulatory emotion strategies (P>0.001).
Conclusion: It seems that both approaches can play an important role in the treatment of cognitive emotion regulation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Keywords
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Cognitive Emotion Regulation
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 63, Issue 2
July and August 2020
Pages 2455-2470