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Study aim
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The Effectiveness of Existential-Humanistic Therapy on Psychological Well-being, Self-acceptance and Post-traumatic Growth in the Women with Breast Cancer and their Spouses' Marital Satisfaction
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Design
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Sampling method: The statistical population includes all the women suffering from breast cancer with medical records in Shahid Rahimi hospital in Khorramabad, Iran. Observing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 individuals ready to cooperate will be selected and non-randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (15 individuals in each group). Simultaneously, pre-test, post-test, and follow-up will be performed on their spouses.
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Settings and conduct
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In the similar and simultaneous condition, the pre-test is conducted in the form of Psychological Well-Being (PWB) Scale, post-traumatic growth, and self-acceptance for both experimental and control groups, and Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire is administered to the spouses of both groups. Then, intervention is performed as virtual treatment on the experimental group in 8 sessions of 90 minutes.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Suffering from breast cancer, breast tissue surgery, having at least a diploma degree. Exclusion criteria: any severe psychiatric illness
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Intervention groups
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The intervention group: The women with breast cancer in Khorramabad, Iran, who underwent Krug-Scheneider's (2008) Existential-Humanistic Therapy.
The control group received no intervention.
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Main outcome variables
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psychological well-being; self-acceptance; post-traumatic growth; marital satisfaction.