Efficacy of Cognitive Therapy Based on Mindfulness on the Psychological Flexibility and Resilience in the Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 M.A of General Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on the psychological flexibility and resilience in the patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. The statistical population of the present study included IBS patients who referred to therapy centers and gastroenterologists in Esfahan in 2019. 27 IBS patients were selected through available sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight seventy-five-minute sessions of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness (Kabat-Zinn, 2003) during two months. The applied questionnaires included acceptance and practice questionnaire questionnaires (Bond et al, 2011) and resilience Questionnaire (Conner, Davidson, 2003). The data were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA and Bonferroni follow-up test. The results showed that the cognitive therapy based on mindfulness has significant effect on the psychological flexibility and resilience in IBS patients (P<0.001). According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness can be used as an efficient intervention to improve psychological flexibility and resilience in the patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome through employing techniques such as mindful attitudes, mindful activities, addressing problem-making feelings and emotions and breathing exercises.

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History

  • Receive Date: 22 August 2022
  • Revise Date: 26 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 04 October 2022

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