مقاله
Effect of emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques on reduction of depressive, hopelessness, worry and anxiety symptoms in infertile women in Tehran
Authors: Behzad ghorbani - Mohammad Mazloumi Rad
Goal: Infertility, as an important stressful factor, is involved in development of anxiety, worry, hopelessness and depression. In this regard, this study has been conducted with the purpose of determining the effect of emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques on reduction of depression, hopelessness, and worry and anxiety symptoms in infertile women in Tehran.
Methods and materials: method of this study was semi-experimental method with pretest-post test design and control group. Statistical population consisted of infertile women who referred to Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics in Tehran in 2014, had announced their readiness to participate in this study and were qualified to be included in this study. All individuals fulfilled the anxiety and depression questionnaires and then 30 women were selected randomly based on the questionnaire and were placed in two experimental and control groups. Distress tolerance and emotion regulation techniques were implemented on experimental group once a week based on treatment protocol of McKay, Wood, Brantley, 2007. Control group received no intervention and was in waiting list. Both groups fulfilled The Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Inventory and The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) at the end of base step and after treatment. Obtained results were analyzed using multivariate variance analysis and SPSS22.
Results: The results showed that emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques led to reduction of worry, hopelessness, anxiety and depression in infertile women.
Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques in reduction of depression, anxiety, hopelessness and worry in infertile women, the techniques could be applied for improvement of emotion regulation and distress tolerance in infertile women.
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Goal: Infertility, as an important stressful factor, is involved in development of anxiety, worry, hopelessness and depression. In this regard, this study has been conducted with the purpose of determining the effect of emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques on reduction of depression, hopelessness, and worry and anxiety symptoms in infertile women in Tehran.
Methods and materials: method of this study was semi-experimental method with pretest-post test design and control group. Statistical population consisted of infertile women who referred to Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics in Tehran in 2014, had announced their readiness to participate in this study and were qualified to be included in this study. All individuals fulfilled the anxiety and depression questionnaires and then 30 women were selected randomly based on the questionnaire and were placed in two experimental and control groups. Distress tolerance and emotion regulation techniques were implemented on experimental group once a week based on treatment protocol of McKay, Wood, Brantley, 2007. Control group received no intervention and was in waiting list. Both groups fulfilled The Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Inventory and The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) at the end of base step and after treatment. Obtained results were analyzed using multivariate variance analysis and SPSS22.
Results: The results showed that emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques led to reduction of worry, hopelessness, anxiety and depression in infertile women.
Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of emotion regulation and distress tolerance techniques in reduction of depression, anxiety, hopelessness and worry in infertile women, the techniques could be applied for improvement of emotion regulation and distress tolerance in infertile women.
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