TY - JOUR ID - 143972 TI - Mindfulness-Based Compassion-Focused Therapy and a Comparison of Effectiveness of Stress Reduction Program on Self-Compassion of HIV Positive Patients JO - Journal of Iranian Medical Council JA - JIMC LA - en SN - 2645-338X AU - Amirkhani, Manzar AU - Ghorbanshiroudi, Shohreh AU - Zarbakhsh Bahri, Mohammadreza AU - SeyedAlinaghi, SeyedAhmad AD - Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran AD - Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 311 EP - 321 KW - counseling KW - Empathy KW - HIV KW - Humans KW - Mind-fulness KW - Pilot projects  DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v4i4.8479 N2 - AbstractBackground: Over the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in exploring self-compassion as a related and complementary construct to mindfulness. Improved self-compassion may predict clinical outcomes after implementing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) approach and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). This pilot study compared the impact of MBSR and CFT on self-compassion in people living with HIV, utilizing implicit and explicit instructions, respectively.Methods: The present quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design was conducted among people living with HIV referred to the Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) center of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, Iran in which 54 patients were selected by convenient sampling. The interventions based on CFT and MBSR were applied to two experimental groups (18 people in each group) while the control group included 18 people who received no interventions and were placed on a waiting list. The experimental groups received the two interventions for 10 weekly sessions. Patients’ self-compassion was assessed at three stages of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a self-compassion scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance) were used to analyze the extracted data.Results: The results showed that both interventions based on CFT and MBSR were effective in enhancing self-compassion of people living with HIV (p<0.05), and this effect remained consistent even during the follow-up stage (p=0.021). The changes were observable even three months after the treatment (p< 0.05).Conclusion: This study demonstrated that MBSR and CFT can be effective in improving self-compassion among HIV positive patients. Besides, they can be helpful in developing preventive interventions. UR - http://www.jimc.ir/article_143972.html L1 - http://www.jimc.ir/article_143972_0b33eecdbcf5ac92b32e3af321c16cd3.pdf ER -