The Effectiveness of Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) on PsychosomaticSymptoms, Perceived Stress and Experiential Avoidance in Coronary ArteryPatients

Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of Stress InoculationTraining (SIT) on psychosomatic symptoms, perceived stress and experiential avoidance in cardiovascular patients.Method: This study was semi-experimental with a two-group design with a pre-test and post-test with a control group.The statistical population of the study included all patients with coronary heart disease who wad visited in SoroushClinic in Mashhad in year ۱۴۰۱. With available sampling method, ۳۰ people were selected as the sample group andwere randomly divided into two experimental and control groups, and the psychosomatic symptom questionnaires ofLacourt et al. (۲۰۱۳), perceived stress by Cohen et al. (۱۹۸۳), experimental avoidance (۲۰۱۱) in the pre-test and posttestphase. People in the experimental group were trained in immunization against stress. Findings: The results of theanalysis of covariance statistical test showed that after controlling for the pre-test effect, there is a significantdifference between the post-test scores of the two groups in the three variables of psychosomatic symptoms, perceivedstress and experiential avoidance, which indicates the effectiveness of immunization training on the improvement ofthe three variables mentioned in Coronary artery patients. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that thetherapeutic use of stress immunization training is useful for improving the physical and emotional symptoms ofcoronary artery patients.

کلیدواژه ها:

Stress inoculation training ، psychosomatic symptoms ، perceived stress ، experientialavoidance ، coronary arteries