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Cancer refers to the cell masses with malignant properties. Cancers are among the most common and severe diseases observed in clinical medicine. Patients describe fatigue resulting from cancer as very severe, chronic, and frustrating that does not eliminate with rest. Fatigue presents a negative effect on various aspects of individuals’ quality of life. The standard cancer treatment is often chemotherapy, which can generate symptoms, such as nausea, fatigue, anorexia, pain, and sleep disturbances. One of the most frequent and severe adverse effects of chemotherapy is nausea and vomiting. The psychological dimension of cancer patients’ lives is as essential as their physical therapy and helps them with treatment adherence. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of mindfulness training on cancer–induced fatigue and the rate of chemotherapy adverse effects (nausea & vomiting) in cancer patients.

This was a quasi–experimental study with a pretest–posttest and a control group design. The statistical population of this study included all cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in Rasoul Akram Hospital in Tehran City, Iran, in 2017. Of this population, by referring to the records and pathology reports of patients by the oncologist, 30 subjects were selected as the study sample by random sampling method. Consequently, they were randomly placed in the experimental and the control groups (n=15/group). The inclusion criteria were having one cancer type, receiving chemotherapy interventions, an age range of 25–55 year, a minimum diploma degree, no disability or severe mental disorders (based on the medical records), and no use of drugs that stimulate the nervous system (based on medical records). Besides, the exclusion criteria of the study were absence from >3 sessions, not completing home tasks, the occurrence of unforeseen events, and unwillingness to cooperate in the study. The research instruments included the Cancer Fatigue Scale (Okuyama et al., 2000) and the Index of Nausea and Vomiting Assessment (Rhodes & McDaniel, 1999). These inventories were administered to the study groups at pretest and posttest steps. Furthermore, mindfulness training was performed only for the experimental group. Mindfulness therapy was performed in eight 90–minute weekly sessions for two months, using the training package of Norouzi and associates (2017). The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics, including univariate Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) in SPSS. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.

The univariate ANCOVA data suggested a significant difference in the posttest scores of cancer–induced fatigue (p<0.001) and the rate of chemotherapy complications (nausea & vomiting) (p<0.001) between the experimental and control groups. The effect size for cancer–related fatigue and the side effects of chemotherapy was measured as 0.20 and 0.18, respectively.

Based on the current research findings, mindfulness training could effectively reduce cancer–induced fatigue and the rate of chemotherapy complications (nausea & vomiting); thus, this approach can be used along with medical methods for treating this population.

Cancer-related burnout is one of the factors affecting the mental health of people with cancer. But the key question is whether compassion-focused therapy and mindfulness training can affect traumatic development and burnout in people with cancer?

To compare the effectiveness of therapy focused on compassion and mind training on traumatic development and cancer-related burnout in cancer patients.

The experimental design was pre-test and post-test. The statistical population included all cancer patients of Prophet Akram Hospital who were referred for chemotherapy in 1396. Sixty subjects were selected by purposive sampling method and were randomly divided into three groups of 20 (two experimental and one control group). Instruments include the Teddych & Kahlone Trauma Disaster Questionnaire (1996) and the Okimama et al. Cancer Burnout Scale (2000), Mindfulness-Based Intervention (Bayer, 2014), and Gilbert Compassion Therapy Intervention (2005). Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance, extrapolated follow-up test and L-matrix.

Mindfulness-awareness and compassion-focused therapy had a significant effect on increasing traumatic development and decreasing burnout in patients (P<0/01). Also, mindfulness training on post-traumatic development was more effective than compassionate focused therapy, but there was no difference between the effectiveness of the two methods on cancer-related burnout (P<0/01).

Mindfulness training and compassion-focused therapy interventions can be used to increase traumatic development and reduce burnout in cancer patients.

Depression affects individuals' psychological and emotional processes. according to thisThe present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitive and behavioral hypnotherapy on the self-esteem and emotion-seeking of the women with depression who refer to consultation centers.

The statistical population of the present study was all women suffering from depression who referred to consultation centers in zone 1 in the city of Tehran from March to May 2019. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group design. The samples in the present study included 30 women with depression disorder who were selected through convenient sampling method and randomly replaced into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received eight ninety-minute sessions of therapeutic interventions related to cognitive and behavioral hypnotherapy during two months once a week. The applied instruments included depression questionnaire (Beck et.al, 1996), emotion-seeking questionnaire (Zuckerman, Eysenck & Eysenck, 1978) and self-esteem questionnaire (Coopersmith, 1967). After collecting questionnaires and extracting raw data, the data analysis was conducted via SPSS23 through descriptive statistics and ANCOVA methods.

The results showed that cognitive and behavioral therapy significantly affects self-esteem and emotion-seeking of the women suffering from depression who referred to consultation centers (p<0.001) in a way that this therapy was able to lead to the improvement of self-esteem and decrease of emotion-seeking in the women suffering from depression.

the findings of the present study showed that the cognitive and behavioral hypnotherapy through employing techniques such as Induction of relaxation techniques, presentation of positive thoughts, spread of awareness and positive therapeutic beliefs can be used as an efficient treatment to improvement of self-esteem and decrease of emotion-seeking in the women suffering from depression.

The present research aims at determining the effect of teaching optimism on the level of depression and life satisfaction in women on the verge of divorce in Qom. The research method was semi-empirical with pretest and posttest using a control group. To do the research, 30 women on the verge of divorce were randomly put in two groups (15 in control group and 15 in experiment group). The independent variable was optimism which was presented to the experiment group during 14 sessions. No manipulation was done in the control group. The research devices were Beck’s depression scale (BDI-II) and Diener’s Life Satisfaction scale (SWLS). To analyze the data, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used. The findings showed that optimism is effective in reducing women’s depression and increasing their life satisfaction. This was in line with the findings of previous researches. The findings prepare useful information on the effectiveness of optimism for researchers, consultants and psychotherapists.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality similarity، the Big Five personality and marital satisfaction. In this co relational study، 392 parents of students of elementary schools in Kermanshah (men and women share equally) were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. They completed following instruments: NEO (Costa & McCrae، 1992) Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spianer، 1976) and ENRICH Inventory (Olsen et al، 1987). The results showed the big five factors conscientiousness، extraversion، agreeableness، had meaningfully positive correlated; neuroticism had meaningfully negative correlated with marital satisfaction. Stepwise regression results indicated that the similarity of the couple''s personality factor neuroticism (negatively) and extraversion، agreeableness، and conscientiousness (positively) to predict marital satisfaction. personality characteristics such as neuroticism، extraversion، and conscientiousness can be adopted to explain much of the variance in marital satisfaction. Individuals feel satisfaction of marital live when it has similar personality profiles with their partners.

It is recognized that day forms (morning، moderate، eventide) are related to many of meta-physiologic، cognitive and conductive variables and therefore there is need to Persian questionnaire for measurement of these body preferences. This research was done aimed at surveying psychometric features of morning-eventide questionnaire (Horne and Ostberg، 1976). This study was conducted on 270 students of Allame Tabatabaie University and Tehran University of Science and Researches and four questionnaires of morning-eventide، Beck depression، Oxford happiness، and general health were used for examination of structure validity (convergent، divergent، and factor structure). Considering the correlations achieved between morning-eventide questionnaire and other three questionnaires، and also main questionnaire factor analysis، structure validity of Persian version of this questionnaire was approved. In addition، appropriate Cronbach Alpha Coefficient (-0. 79) was achieved. According to suitable statistical analyses and obtained results، it seems that Persian version of morning-eventide questionnaire has appropriate validity and reliability for measurement of day forms and could be effective tools for this.