The Comparing Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Compassion-Focused Therapy on Psychological Flexibility in Women with Psoriasis

Shaban, Nahid; Alizadeh, Marjan; Sepahmansour, Mozhgan

doi:10.22059/japr.2026.391275.645170

The Comparing Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Compassion-Focused Therapy on Psychological Flexibility in Women with Psoriasis

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Nahid Shaban ¹

Marjan Alizadeh ²

Mozhgan Sepahmansour ³

¹ Ph.D. Student in Health Psychology, Department of Clinical and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences ,Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22059/japr.2026.391275.645170

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to comparison of the comparing effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and compassion-focused therapy on psychological flexibility in women with psoriasis. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. The statistical population of the research was all women with psoriasis who referred to the dermatology clinics of Tehran city in autumn of year 2024. Then the number of 45 women patients diagnosed by a physician were randomly divided into two groups, including an cognitive-behavioral therapy group (15 women), compassion-focused therapy group (15 women) and a control group (15 women). Then the first experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90 minute cognitive-behavioral therapy and the second experimental group underwent 10 sessions of 90 minute of compassion-focused therapy. To collect data multidimensional psychological flexibility inventory (MPFI). Analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni post hoc test was used for data analysis. The data analysis software was SPSS version 28. The results showed that both interventions had a significant effect on psychological flexibility (P<0.05). In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that compassion-focused therapy is more effective than cognitive-behavioral therapy on psychological flexibility (P<0.05).

Keywords

cognitive-behavioral therapy

compassion-focused therapy

psoriasis

psychological flexibility