Effectiveness of compassion-based therapy on rumination and concern of women with breast cancer

Breast cancer is a chronic physical illness that produces many psychological and physical effects for the person. The aim of the present study is investigating the therapeutic effect of compassion on rumination, concern, and women with breast cancer in Ahvaz city. The research design was a post-test pre-test with the experimental and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all breast cancer women referred to the health centers in Ahwaz, Iran in, among whom 24 were selected by the available sampling method. Twenty-four of them were randomly assigned, 12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group. Compassion-based therapy was conducted in a group of 12 sessions in two experimental groups. The control group was placed on the waiting list and received no intervention. The instrument used in this study was Nullen & Huxma's Rhymes Questionnaire, Pennsylvania's Worry Questionnaire, which answered in the pre-test and post-test phases. statistical program SPSS-22 To analyze the results were used. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups regarding rumination and worry (P <0.001). Compassion-based therapy is one of the treatments for the third wave of psychological therapy that has been able to reduce the rumination and concern of women with breast cancer.