Elham Yousefi - Department of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran
Zahra Tajmiirriahi - Department of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran
Fateme Razi - Department of psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran

The cancer involves its infected people in all mental pressures; thepressures that affect their life, job and social relationships and if theyare not solved, complicate the patient’s status. Cognition therapy basedon mindfulness is a method to reduce the distress. The objective of thisstudy is to investigate the Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapyand mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on reduction of distress ofpatients infected by breast cancer in Isfahan. Data collection tool: Forthis purpose, 45 women infected by breast cancer hospitalized inMartyrs Hospital (AS) of Esfahan were selected through convenientmethod and processed randomly In three groups of 15 subjects:Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy andcontrol. Before and after mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapytraining, the groups were tested with respect to the distress level.Mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy was trained to the testgroup during 8 sessions each 1 hour. The results were analyzed usinganalysis of variance.Findings: The summary of ANCOVA betweenthree groups of distress scores of testees in both pretest and postteststages indicated that training the mindfulness has been effective(p<0/05) on reduction of distress scores of trained patients.Conclusions: practices and trainings based on mindfulness-basedcognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy were influential oncognitive system and information processing by escalating theparticipants` awareness of the present moment, through specialtechniques such as focusing on the breath and body and being aware ofhere and now. Therefore, considering the positive effect of these twotypes of practice and training in treating distress of patients infected bybreast cancer, widespread usage of these ways is recommended and thisintervention method may be used independently or along with othertreatment methods such as pharmacotherapy to reduce the distress ofthese sufferers.

Mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, Distress, Breast Cancer