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Volume 12, Issue 2 (2024)
Health Educ Health Promot 2024, 12(2): 323-329 |
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Received: 2024/06/9 | Accepted: 2024/08/8 | Published: 2024/08/18
Received: 2024/06/9 | Accepted: 2024/08/8 | Published: 2024/08/18
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Zarean F, Sheykholeslami A, Sadri Damirchi E, Rezaei Sharif A. Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Infertility-Related Stigma and Sexual Self-Esteem in Infertile Women. Health Educ Health Promot 2024; 12 (2) :323-329
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1- Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
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Aims: Infertility can cause social stigma and erode sexual self-esteem in women, highlighting the need to explore interventions like mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to address these challenges. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on infertility-related stigma and sexual self-esteem in infertile women.
Materials & Methods: This was a three-stage (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up) two-group (experimental and control) quasi-experimental study. To conduct the study, all infertile women referred to infertility treatment centers in Isfahan City in early 2023 were recruited using a convenience sampling method based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 40 participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=20) or the control group (n=20). The sample group completed the Infertility-Related Stigma Questionnaire and the Sexual Self-Esteem Scale in three stages: Pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The experimental group received an 8-session MBCT (one 90-minute session per week). Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze the results.
Findings: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly improved infertility-related stigma in the social withdrawal, family stigma, and public stigma dimensions (p<0.01). However, the intervention was not significantly effective in enhancing sexual self-esteem in infertile women.
Conclusion: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly reduces infertility-related stigma, specifically in the social withdrawal dimension.
Materials & Methods: This was a three-stage (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up) two-group (experimental and control) quasi-experimental study. To conduct the study, all infertile women referred to infertility treatment centers in Isfahan City in early 2023 were recruited using a convenience sampling method based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 40 participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=20) or the control group (n=20). The sample group completed the Infertility-Related Stigma Questionnaire and the Sexual Self-Esteem Scale in three stages: Pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The experimental group received an 8-session MBCT (one 90-minute session per week). Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze the results.
Findings: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly improved infertility-related stigma in the social withdrawal, family stigma, and public stigma dimensions (p<0.01). However, the intervention was not significantly effective in enhancing sexual self-esteem in infertile women.
Conclusion: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly reduces infertility-related stigma, specifically in the social withdrawal dimension.
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