Comparing the effectiveness of acceptance-commitment-based therapy and spiritual intelligence training on the resilience of children with cancer

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1 PhD student, Consulting Department, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Consulting Department, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of acceptance-commitment therapy and spiritual intelligence training on the resilience of children with cancer. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with two experimental groups and a control group and a one-month follow-up, and its statistical population consisted of children with cancer who were hospitalized in the pediatric department of Tehran medical centers in 1402, who were within the range of They were 9-13 years old. Among these people, 30 people were randomly selected and randomly divided into three groups (20 people in two experimental groups, 10 people in the control group). To collect data, Karner-Davidson (2003) resilience questionnaire was used. The intervention method was that experimental group 1, during one period, for 8 sessions, two sessions a week and each session for 45 minutes, exposed to the independent variable (commitment and acceptance-based therapy group training) and experimental group 2, during They were exposed to the independent variable (spiritual intelligence group training) for one period, for 8 sessions, twice a week and each session lasted 45 minutes. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential (within-group analysis of variance with repeated measurement on the factor of measurement steps (pre-test-post-test-follow-up) and block multivariate analysis of variance) were used on spss-23 software. The results of the present study showed that the treatment based on acceptance-commitment and spiritual intelligence training has an effect on the resilience of children with cancer, and there is a difference between

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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 67, Issue 3
May and June 2024
Pages 1026-1046

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