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Background: Women with HIV experience negative emotions caused by their physical and mental problems. In recent years, self-compassion has been paid attention as a substitute for negative emotions. This research is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of self-compassion skill training on rumination, hostility, and shame in women with HIV disease.
Methods: This study had a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control group. In this research, sampling was done by voluntary non- randomly sampling and random assignment. For this purpose, 60 women with HIV were selected voluntary and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received ten 90-min sessions of self-compassion skill training held once a week. The assessment tools included rumination questionnaire Trapnell & Campbell (1999), Redford hostility questionnaire (1998) and Internalized shame scale (Cook;1993). The questionnaires were collected by the sample group in two stages before and after the intervention.
Results: The results of analysis of covariance suggest that self-compassion skill training was more effective in reducing hostility and shame (P <0.01) in experimental group compared to control group at post-test. No difference was observed between the experimental and control groups in terms of rumination.
Conclusion: It seems that self-compassion skill training can be effective in decreasing hostility and shame in women with HIV. Thus, this method is suggested for improving the psychological symptoms in women with HIV.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
General