Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Integrated Transdiagnostic Psychotherapy on Reducing Anxiety Sensitivity and Rumination in Cardiac Patients with Type D Personality

Background: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality in the world, and almost one out of every ۴ Cardiac Patients have type D personality traits. This personality type also predicts some of the psychological components of people, including anxiety sensitivity and rumination. Objectives: The goal of this research was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and integrated transdiagnostic psychotherapy on anxiety sensitivity and rumination in cardiac patients with type D personality.Methods: The research methodology was semi-experimental, and the statistical population of the present research includes all Cardiac Patients who visited the Simorgh Heart Clinic in Mashhad in ۲۰۲۲. The sample size includes ۶۰ individuals who were randomly placed in two experimental groups and one control group. Twenty persons were included in the integrated transdiagnostic therapy group, ۲۰ were replaced in the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group, ۲۰ were replaced in the control group, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention and integrated transdiagnostic psychotherapy were conducted for the two groups. The research tool (means) includes Rees and Peterson (۱۹۸۵) and Nolen-Hoeksema (۱۹۹۱) anxiety sensitivity scale.Results: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has been more influential on both research variables between the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and integrated transdiagnosis on anxiety sensitivity and rumination of Cardiac Patients under study. Conclusion: Mindfulness can have desirable results on anxiety sensitivity and rumination in Cardiac Patients with type D.

کلیدواژه ها:

Anxiety Sensitivity ، Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Therapy ، Integrated Transdiagnostic Psychotherapy ، Rumination ، Cardiac Patients ، personality