فهرست مطالب jaleh ravanpoor

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on psychological toughness and sleep quality in people with a history of coronary heart disease.

This quasi-experimental study was a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design and the statistical population included people with a history of coronary hospitalization in Chalous. 30 people were selected by available sampling method and in two experimental groups (15 people) control (15 people) 15 people were randomly replaced. Participants in the training group underwent Johnson (2012) emotion-focused therapy intervention in eight 90-minute sessions, and the control group did not receive any treatment. Data were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance using SPSS software.

The results showed that emotion-focused therapy intervention was effective in improving sleep quality (F = 9.18, P = 0.005) and psychological stiffness (F = 4.66, P = 0.040). The follow-up phase was stable.

The discriminant eta coefficient shows that 24.7% of the changes in sleep quality and 14.3% of the changes in psychological toughness are explained by the grouping variable; Therefore, emotion-focused therapy has been effective on psychological toughness and sleep quality in people with a history of coronary heart disease.