نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Introduction: Distressed people complain more about symptoms of physical illness, and the frequency of physical illness is a strong predictor of damage in psychosocial and physical functions. Therefore, this research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of paradox therapy and therapy based on acceptance and commitment on distress tolerance indicators in patients with health anxiety.
Materials and Methods: This was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and control group design with a 2-month follow-up. The statistical population of the research included all women with health anxiety who referred to Shahid Shirazi Hospital in Gorgan in 2023. Among these, 60 people were selected by purposeful sampling and were randomlyassigned into experimental and control groups (20 people in each group). Participants completed the Salkovskis’ Health Anxiety Inventory and the Simons’ Distress Tolerance Scale at different measurement stages. Acceptance and commitment therapy and paradox therapy were applied to the experimental groups during 8 and 6 sessions of 90 minutes, respectively, with the frequency of one session per week. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed by two-way repeated measures ANOVA.
Results: Paradox therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy improved the components of tolerance (η=0.408 & F=19.634), absorption (η=0.350 & F=15.372), evaluation (η=0.407 & F=19.570), regulation (η=0.304 & F=12.442) and, distress tolerance (η=0.566 & F=59.543) in women with health anxiety compared to the control group (p<0.05). Also, no significant difference was observed in terms of the usefulness of the two treatment approaches in improving distress tolerance (p<0.05).
Conclusion: It seems that paradox therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy can improve distress tolerance in health anxiety sufferers and are not superior to each other.
کلیدواژهها English