The Efficacy of Mindfulness Therapy on Mindfulness Attention Awareness and Perception of Disease in Women with Breast Cancer Mohammadi Parisa Keshavarz1,*, Zargar Negar Akbari2, Shahidi Mojtaba Ansari3 1M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran 2M.A. in Health Psychology, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran 3Department of Psychology, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran *Corresponding Author: Parisa Keshavarz Mohammadi M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran Email: Shab1414iran@gmail.com
Online published on 3 April, 2018. Abstract The purpose of present research was reviewing the efficacy of mindfulness therapy on mindfulness attention awareness and perception of disease in women with Breast Cancer. The method of this study was semi experimental and the plan was two-group pretest-posttest. The statistical population included all women with breast cancer in Tehran. The sample group was forty women with breast cancer, who selected by sampling method from Imam Khomeini Hospital and randomly assigned to two groups. The test group treated with mindfulness intervention in eight sessions according to the package. Research tools ware short Form standardized Questionnaire of illness Perception (Brief-IPQ) and the perception of condition index (MASS). The validity and reliability of these tools confirmed in several researches. Data analyzed using analysis of multivariate covariance. The result showed that the hypothesis-there is a significant difference in adjustment variables of mindfulness and perception of disease in the test group compared with control group-confirmed (P< 0.05). Top Keywords Mindfulness Therapy, Mindfulness attention awareness, Perception of disease, Breast cancer. Top |