Abad, A. N. S., Bakhtiari, M., Kashani, F. L., & Habibi, M. (2016). The comparison of effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment with cognitive-behavioral therapy in reduction of stress and anxiety in cancer patients. International Journal of Cancer Research and Prevention, 9, 229-246.
Cancer. ACT vs. CBT. N=36.
Objectives: Women with breast cancer are at risk for many negative effects of this disease in which, the need of psychological interventions associated with other treatments is felt for them. From the set of interventions conducted at various but limited studies, the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has been established in particular. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in patients with breast cancer.
Methods: To this end, 36 women with breast cancer were selected from SHOHADATehran in available samples and they were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. All three groups were evaluated with the question of stress, anxiety and depression (DASS) in three phase of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The experimental groups underwent eight sessions of acceptance and commitment and cognitive-behavioral therapy in a form of a group, each session lasting two hours. Repeated measure analysis of stress, anxiety, depression for all subjects in pre-test and post-test and follow-up (three months later) indicated receiving cognitive-behavioral and acceptance commitment training.