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Comparison of Self-Compassion, Mindfulness and Cognitive Fusion in Patients with General Anxiety and Normal People


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1 Department of Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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Anxiety Disorder is the most common anxiety disorder; several factors such as mindfulness, cognitive fusion and Self-Compassion play a role. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare Self-Compassion, mindfulness and cognitive fusion between patients with general anxiety and normal people. The causal-comparative research method the statistical population of this study is all patients with generalized anxiety disorder who are referred to the counseling center of Jahrom University. Among them, 30 subjects were selected by available sampling method. A group of 30 normal subjects without anxiety disorder were selected from among the university staff The research instrument was a self-Compassion standard questionnaire, mindfulness and cognitive fusion. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance analysis. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that all cognitive fusion structures, mindfulness and self-compassion can well distinguish people with general anxiety disorder from normal people. This information can be used to diagnose patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

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Cognitive Fusion, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, General Anxiety Disorder.
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Authors

Soodeh Shadkam
Department of Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mohaddeseh Nejati
Department of Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Anxiety Disorder is the most common anxiety disorder; several factors such as mindfulness, cognitive fusion and Self-Compassion play a role. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare Self-Compassion, mindfulness and cognitive fusion between patients with general anxiety and normal people. The causal-comparative research method the statistical population of this study is all patients with generalized anxiety disorder who are referred to the counseling center of Jahrom University. Among them, 30 subjects were selected by available sampling method. A group of 30 normal subjects without anxiety disorder were selected from among the university staff The research instrument was a self-Compassion standard questionnaire, mindfulness and cognitive fusion. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance analysis. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that all cognitive fusion structures, mindfulness and self-compassion can well distinguish people with general anxiety disorder from normal people. This information can be used to diagnose patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

Keywords


Cognitive Fusion, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, General Anxiety Disorder.

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