The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Training on Perceived Stress, Metacognitive Beliefs and Death Anxiety in Women with Breast Cancer مقالة

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive thinking training on perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. The research method was experimental (pre-test-post-test design with an equal control group). The sample consisted of 30 women with breast cancer who were selected by convenience sampling. Then, from the sample, 15 women with breast cancer were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 15 women with breast cancer to the control group. The research instruments included Cohen et al. chr ('39') s (1983) Perceived Stress Questionnaire, the Wells Metacognitive Beliefs Questionnaire (2004) , and the Templer Death Anxiety Questionnaire (1970). Multivariate and univariate covariance methods were used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis showed that positive thinking training reduced perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer in the experimental group compared to the control group (p

هدف: هدف این تحقیق بررسی اثربخشی آموزش مثبت‌اندیشی بر استرس ادراک شده، باورهای‌فراشناختی و اضطراب‌مرگ در زنان مبتلا به سرطان‌پستان بود. روش: روش پژوهش آزمایشی (طرح پیش‌آزمون – پس‌آزمون با گروه کنترل برابر) بود. نمونه تحقیق شامل 30 نفر از زنان مبتلا به سرطان‌پستان که بصورت نمونه‌گیری دردسترس انتخاب شدند. سپس از میان نمونه پژوهش، بطور تصادفی ساده 15 زن مبتلا به سرطان‌پستان در گروه آزمایش و 15 زنان مبتلا به سرطان‌پستان در گروه کنترل گماشته شدند. ابزار پژوهش شامل پرسشنامه استرس ادراک شده کوهن و همکاران (1983)، پرسشنامه باورهای فراشناختی ولز (2004) و پرسشنامه اضطراب مرگ تمپلر (1970) بود. برای تحلیل داده‌ها از روش تحلیل کوواریانس چند متغیره و تک متغیره استفاده شد. نتایج: نتایج حاصل از تحلیل داده‌ها نشان داد، آموزش مثبت‌اندیشی باعث کاهش استرس ادراک شده، باورهای‌فراشناختی و اضطراب‌مرگ در زنان مبتلا به سرطان‌پستان گروه آزمایش در مقایسه با گروه کنترل شد (001/ 0>p). نتیجه‌گیری: در نتیجه می‌توان گفت آموزش مثبت‌اندیشی با تکنیک مثبت‌اندیشی بر کاهش استرس ادراک شده، باورهای‌فراشناختی و اضطراب‌مرگ در زنان مبتلا به سرطان‌پستان موثر است.

ir/ Iranian Evolutionary and Educational Psychology Journal IEEPJ The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Training on Perceived Stress, Metacognitive Beliefs and Death Anxiety in Women with Breast Cancer Mojtaba MoinVaziri1, Parvin Ehteshamzadeh2*, Farah Naderi3, Sahar Safarzadeh4 1. com ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive thinking training on perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. Positive thinking training can be an effective way to control perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive thinking training on perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. In other words, this study seeks to see whether positive thinking training has an effect on perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. This research method was used because the current study sought to investigate the effectiveness of positive thinking training on perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. Before performing the positive thinking training intervention, women with breast cancer selected in each group were measured in terms of their perceived stress test, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety. Discussion The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive thinking training on perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs, and death anxiety in women with breast cancer. As a result, it can be stated that positive thinking training is effective in reducing perceived stress, metacognitive beliefs and death anxiety in women with breast cancer.