Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Reducing Body Image Disorders in Adolescent Girls

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Rezaeisharif ◽  
Hadis Cheraghian ◽  
Mahdi Naeim
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Body Image Disorders

scholarly journals Membangun Body Image Melalui Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) pada Pasien Kanker Payudara

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Ria Rizki Utami ◽  
Iswinarti Iswinarti ◽  
Djudiah Djudiah
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Positive Body Image ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment

Post-treatment for cancer patients have an impact on psychological discomfort, changes in lifestyle, fear and anxiety. One effect that often arises in breast cancer patients is a negative assessment of post-masectomy appearance such as breast removal. Development of body image problems related to low self acceptance in cancer patients. Interventions used to build a positive body image through acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in breast cancer patients. The design of study used a pretest-post-test control group design and the subjects involved in this study were breast cancer patients who were undergoing treatment at the age range of 30-50 years and had low score on body image scale. The data analysis method uses non-parametric analysis (Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney test) with SPSS. The results showed that ACT had an influence on body image in breast cancer patients. That is, ACT is able to build a positive body image in breast cancer patients

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Body Image of Women with Breast Cancer after Mastectomy Surgery

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Background & Aim: In recent years, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has been used a lot with emphasis on acceptance of life problems and psychological flexebility. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on body image of women with breast cancer after mastectomy surgery. Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with experimental and control group with pre-test and post-test. A sapmle of 26 female with breast cancer were selected through targeted sampling from Alla charity center in Isfahan in year 2017 and assigned to two groups with 13 subjects. The experimental group received ACT in 8 sessions. The measurement tool was multidimensional questionnaire on personal body image (MBSRQ) that was used in both the experimental and control groups in pre-test and post-test. The findings were analyzed using SPSS. Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of body image and its dimensions in experimental and control group and ACT was effective on improvement of body image in patients of experimental group (p<0.05). Conclusion: in general, the ACT seems to be effective on improvement of psychological problems in women with breast canscer.

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