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Background & Objective: Infertility is a stressful experience that poses severe health and social problems. Psychologically, infertility is a critical period that results from imbalances between couples who are expecting a child but who are unable to reach their goal. The negative consequences of women's infertility have led therapists and researchers to intervene in a variety of ways to reduce infertile women's problems. healing codes training and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy emphasizes the study of emotions and positive experiences and focuses on the study of deficiencies and mental deficiencies and low performance in studying human abilities and adaptive functionInfertility could be a life crisis with various biosociocultural, emotional, and financial problems. Infertile couples may encounter social pressures in addition to the direct impacts of infertility. Infertility could particularly be a source of psychosocial suffering for women. In some communities, childbearing inability is only attributed to women; thus, there exists a gender –related bias concerning couple’s infertility. Couples diagnosed with infertility encounter a range of stressful experiences related to their condition. These experiences include strain on marital and family relationships, changes in sexual dynamics, and other unavoidable challenges. This study aimed to Comparing the Effects of Healing Codes Training and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Infertility Stigma and Self-Concept in Infertile Women.
Methods: This quasi-experimental research adopted a three-stage design (pretest, posttest, and follow-up) with three groups (experimental 1,2 and control). To conduct the research, infertile women referring to the Mehr-e-Madar Infertility Treatment Centers, Hazrat-e-Maryam Infertility Clinic (Shahid Beheshti Hospital), and Isfahan Infertility and Infertility Center in 2023. convenience sampling was employed to select 60 volunteers based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The volunteers were then randomly assigned to an experimental groups of Healing Codes Training and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (each group with 20 people) and a control group (20 people ). The participants completed the Infertility Stigma Scale and the Beck Self-Concept Test at the pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The experimental group of Healing Codes Training received 14 sessions of healing codes training (one 90-minute session per week) and The experimental group of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy received the MBCT in eight sessions (one 90-minute session per week).The control group was placed on the waiting list. The repeated measures ANOVA was used for data analysis.
Results: According to the findings in the variables of stigma related to infertility and self-concept, analysis of variance for intragroup factors (time) (P<0.001), intergroup factor (P<0.001) and interaction between group and time. (P<0.001) was significant. In the test group 1, the variable scores of stigma associated with infertility in the post-test and follow-up stages were significantly different from the pre-test stage (P<0.001). On the other hand, experimental group 2 was significantly effective in reducing the stigma associated with infertility (P<0.001) and improving self-concept (P=0.003). However, no significant difference was observed in the mentioned variables between the two stages of post-test and follow-up, which indicated that the effect of the interventions remained constant until the follow-up stage. Also, using Bonferroni's post hoc test, it was found that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared to healing codes training, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was more effective on self-concept compared to healing codes training (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, it can be said that both Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Healing Codes Training are effective in reducing the stigma associated with infertility, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy is more effective in improving the self-concept of infertile women.
Methods: This quasi-experimental research adopted a three-stage design (pretest, posttest, and follow-up) with three groups (experimental 1,2 and control). To conduct the research, infertile women referring to the Mehr-e-Madar Infertility Treatment Centers, Hazrat-e-Maryam Infertility Clinic (Shahid Beheshti Hospital), and Isfahan Infertility and Infertility Center in 2023. convenience sampling was employed to select 60 volunteers based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The volunteers were then randomly assigned to an experimental groups of Healing Codes Training and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (each group with 20 people) and a control group (20 people ). The participants completed the Infertility Stigma Scale and the Beck Self-Concept Test at the pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The experimental group of Healing Codes Training received 14 sessions of healing codes training (one 90-minute session per week) and The experimental group of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy received the MBCT in eight sessions (one 90-minute session per week).The control group was placed on the waiting list. The repeated measures ANOVA was used for data analysis.
Results: According to the findings in the variables of stigma related to infertility and self-concept, analysis of variance for intragroup factors (time) (P<0.001), intergroup factor (P<0.001) and interaction between group and time. (P<0.001) was significant. In the test group 1, the variable scores of stigma associated with infertility in the post-test and follow-up stages were significantly different from the pre-test stage (P<0.001). On the other hand, experimental group 2 was significantly effective in reducing the stigma associated with infertility (P<0.001) and improving self-concept (P=0.003). However, no significant difference was observed in the mentioned variables between the two stages of post-test and follow-up, which indicated that the effect of the interventions remained constant until the follow-up stage. Also, using Bonferroni's post hoc test, it was found that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared to healing codes training, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was more effective on self-concept compared to healing codes training (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, it can be said that both Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Healing Codes Training are effective in reducing the stigma associated with infertility, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy is more effective in improving the self-concept of infertile women.
Keywords: Healing Codes Training, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Infertility Stigma, Self-Concept, Infertile Women
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