Comparison of the effectiveness of group positive behavioral therapy and group cognitive behavioral therapy on cognitive flexibility in women with breast cancer in Milad Hospital, Tehran

Introduction: Cancer is classified as one of the multifactorial diseases that is caused by infectious, environmental and genetic factors in individuals. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of positive group behavioral therapy and group cognitive behavioral therapy on cognitive flexibility in women with breast cancer. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with two experimental groups and a control group that was performed by voluntary sampling method on 45 women with breast cancer. The subjects were divided into three groups based on random sampling. The instrument used in this study was a cognitive flexibility questionnaire that was first distributed in all three groups and then held for the experimental groups of cognitive-behavioral and positive educational programs for eight 90-minute sessions. Finally, post-test was taken from all three groups two months later. The collected data were entered into SPSS-20 program and finally analyzed by covariance statistical tests. Results: The results showed a significant difference between the effect of the two treatments on the variable scores of cognitive flexibility (P <0.05) and cognitive-behavioral group therapy had a greater effect on cognitive flexibility in women with breast cancer than positive group therapy. . Conclusion: Cognitive-behavioral group therapy can be used to increase cognitive flexibility in women with breast cancer.