Comparison of Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Affective Control (Anger, depressed mood, anxiety, positive affect) of Women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D Student, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor Department of psychology, Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, Gorgan, Iran.

3 Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran.

10.22098/jrp.2022.10443.1074

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy and acceptance and commitment-based therapy on Affective Control (Anger, depressed mood, anxiety, positive affect) of Women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all female patients with MS who were members of the Golestan Province MS Association in 2019. The sample consisted of 60 eligible patients and volunteers who participated in the study who was randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The first experimental group received compassion-focused treatment and the second experimental group received acceptance and commitment-based treatment as a group. The affective control scale of Williams et al. (1997) was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using Bonferroni repeated measures analysis of variance in SPSS-24 software. The results showed that both treatments were effective in controlling the affective of women with MS (P<0/01), comparison of means also shows that the mean scores of affective control and its components in group therapy (CFT) are higher than group therapy (ACT), which indicates the greater effectiveness of treatment focused on compassion. According to the findings of this study, it can be concluded that compassion-based therapy is more effective than acceptance-based therapy due to direct intervention and addressing the content of Affective.

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Journal of Research in Psychopathology

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 19 October 2022

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