The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral stress management therapy on the quality of life and emotional intelligence of cardiovascular patients

sousan zia¹

1) Master s degree in clinical psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Iran.-

IOI Code : XEFZ-HCFAB
Publication : The Second National Conference on Psychotherapy in Iran(incpuma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The main goal of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral stress management therapy on the quality of life and emotional intelligence of cardiovascular patients. For this purpose, 40 cardiovascular patients and 40 normal people matched with the patients were selected as samples, and quality of life and emotional intelligence questionnaires were administered to them, stress management training sessions were conducted, and after the completion of the treatment period, questionnaires were administered. Quality of life and emotional intelligence were implemented. To compare the averages of the groups in the pre-test and post-test to determine the effect of the treatment, the statistical method of multivariate covariance analysis was used. The results showed that the difference in the scores of the subscales of the physical health dimension, the mental health dimension, the social relations dimension and the social environment dimension of the quality of life scale after performing cognitive behavioral interventions in the treatment group with F calculated as 39.272, 30.667, 34.653 and 50.544 in Confidence level above 99% (p>0.01) and error less than 0.001 (p>0.001) are statistically significant. The difference in the scores of the subscales of evaluation and expression of emotion, regulation of emotion, and exploitation of emotion of the emotional intelligence scale after performing cognitive behavioral interventions in the therapy group with F calculated as 11.777, 16.027 and 22.900 respectively at a confidence level above 99% (0.01 >P) and an error of less than 0.001 (p>0.001) is statistically significant. It can be concluded that cognitive behavioral stress management therapy increases the quality of life and emotional intelligence of cardiovascular patients.

Keywords : cognitive behavioral therapy lifestyle cardiovascular patients