Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy on the Improvement of Death-Related Disorders and Psychological Hardiness in Male Patients with Prostate Cancer in TehranHospitals in ۲۰۲۰

Cancer can cause many psychological problems for patients and it is necessary to find effective ways to help them.Therefore, this study was performed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and narrativetherapy in improving death-related disorders and psychological hardiness in female patients with prostate cancer.The research design was quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with two experimental groups and a controlgroup. The statistical population included all men with prostate cancer who referred to hospitals in Tehran in۲۰۱۹. The sample consisted of ۴۵ patients who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned tothree groups: cognitive-behavioral, narrative therapy and control group. The Death Anxiety, Death Depression, andPersonal Perspectives scales were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA and Bonferroni posthoc test and SPSS-۲۲ software. The results showed that between cognitive-behavioral and narrative therapygroups with the control group in the post-test stage of death anxiety (F = ۱۵.۴۴ and p <۰.۰۵), death depression (F =۲۱.۷۹ and p <۰.۰۵) and There is a significant difference in psychological hardiness (F = ۴.۶۳ and p <۰.۰۵). The resultsalso showed that there is a significant difference between cognitive-behavioral group and narrative therapy inanxiety and depression of death (p <۰.۰۵) and narrative therapy is more effective; But there is no significantdifference between them in psychological hardiness (p> ۰.۰۵). According to the findings of this study, cognitivebehavioraltherapy and narrative therapy can be used as an effective method to improve the disorders associatedwith death and psychological stiffness in male patients with prostate cancer, and in this regard, narrative therapycan be more effective.

Keywords:

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy , Narrative Therapy , Death Anxiety , PsychologicalStubbornness , Prostate Cancer