The Efficacy of Meta-Cognitive Therapy on Reduce Anger and Stress in Asthmatic Patients

The aim of this study was to investigate meta-cognitive therapy on anger and stress rumination in asthmatic patients. The research method was experimental design with pre test-post test design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all patients with asthma referring to lung diseases in Karaj. Of these, ۲۴ patients were selected and randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control. Both groups received pre-test and meta-cognitive therapy group received ۸ sessions while the control group did not receive this intervention. At the end, for both groups, the post-test was performed. Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSS) and Anger Rush (ARS) were used to collect information. The results of covariance analysis indicated that metacognitive therapy is effective in reducing the mean scales of anger and stress in in asthma patients in post-test (P<۰/۰۵). In sum, the results showed that metacognitive therapy can reduce the anger and stress in asthma patients.

کلیدواژه ها:

Meta-cognitive therapy ، Anger rumination ، Stress ، Asthma