Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The effectiveness of Emotion-Focused therapy on tolerating the ambiguity and anxiety of death of breast cancer patients

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Hengameh Saghiha 1
Faramarz Sohrabi Asamrood 2
Abdolah Motamedi 2
1 Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2021.22759
Abstract
Introduction: Paying attention to the psychological issues of cancer patients can be effective in improving their condition. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Emotion-Focused therapy on tolerating the ambiguity and anxiety of death of breast cancer patients.
Material and methods: The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. From the population of all women with breast cancer in District 1 of Tehran, 28 people were selected using the available sampling method and were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Thus, first the Ambiguity Tolerance Questionnaire (Freeston et al., 1994) and Death Anxiety Questionnaire (Templer, 1970) were performed as a pretest. Post-test was performed for both groups and the research data were analyzed using covariance.
Results: The results of covariance showed that Emotion-Focused therapy has a positive and significant effect on improving ambiguity tolerance and death anxiety (p≤0.001).
Conclusion: Emotion-Focused therapy the ambiguity and anxiety of death of patients with breast cancer, so using the emotional approach can improve the mental health of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Keywords
Breast Cancer
Ambiguity Tolerance
Death Anxiety
Emotion-Focused therapy
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 63, Issue 6
January and February 2021
Pages 3048-3061