Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy on the Improvement of Death-Related Disorders and Psychological Hardiness in Male Patients with Prostate Cancer in Tehran Hospitals in 2020

Sahar Mousavian, Somayeh Shahani, Ruhollah Rezaei, S. Ebrahim Taghavizadeh

Abstract


Cancer can cause many psychological problems for patients and it is necessary to find effective ways to help them. Therefore, this study was performed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and narrative therapy in improving death-related disorders and psychological hardiness in female patients with prostate cancer. The research design was quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with two experimental groups and a control group. The statistical population included all men with prostate cancer who referred to hospitals in Tehran in 2019. The sample consisted of 45 patients who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups: cognitive-behavioral, narrative therapy and control group. The Death Anxiety, Death Depression, and Personal Perspectives scales were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA and Bonferroni post hoc test and SPSS-22 software. The results showed that between cognitive-behavioral and narrative therapy groups with the control group in the post-test stage of death anxiety (F = 15.44 and p <0.05), death depression (F = 21.79 and p <0.05) and There is a significant difference in psychological hardiness (F = 4.63 and p <0.05). The results also showed that there is a significant difference between cognitive-behavioral group and narrative therapy in anxiety and depression of death (p <0.05) and narrative therapy is more effective; But there is no significant difference between them in psychological hardiness (p> 0.05). According to the findings of this study, cognitive-behavioral therapy and narrative therapy can be used as an effective method to improve the disorders associated with death and psychological stiffness in male patients with prostate cancer, and in this regard, narrative therapy can be more effective.

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