Health anxiety (or hypochondriasis) is prevalent, may be persistent and disabling for the sufferers and associated with high societal costs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new third-wave behavioral cognitive therapy that has not yet been tested in health anxiety. 34 consecutive Danish patients with severe health anxiety were referred from general practitioners or hospital departme...

troduction: Based on previous studies, exercise has an important role on the reduction of anxiety. Considering high rate of anxiety in youths and its negative effects on educational progress the present study was designed to investigate the effects of aerobic and non-aerobic exercises on the anxiety reduction. Method: Sixty anxious students in zarand azad university, were randomly divided into ...

considering the effects that anxiety can have on performance, the relationship between anxiety and performance has interested researchers for many years. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of neurofeedback alpha/theta intervention on the anxiety reduction and performance enhancement in young soccer players. to do so, 30 soccer players attending the national soccer league of iran we...

The purpose of this study was to explore the role that perceived childhood attachment, family functioning and attribution styles have in social anxiety of high school students. 430 Iranian students were selected by multistage cluster sampling from high schools of Isfahan city. Participants completed measures of childhood attachment to each parent (Hazen and Shaver, 1986), the family adaptabilit...

background: the unified treatment approach (up), an emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy that holds emotional processes as a central target of treatment, is applicable for disorders with strong emotional components. the aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of emotion regulation intervention derivative from the up on emotional problems and quality of life among patients wit...

in this investigation, the effect of group cognitive-behavior therapy in reduction of anxiety and dysfunctional attitude were studied on patients with generalized anxiety disorder (gad). 20 female participants were recognized to have gad by the researcher through a clinical interview on the basis of dsm-iv-tr standards and invited to take part in the study. they first filled in the dysfunctiona...

abstract background: breast cancer is the most common cancer in women that as a sudden event has profound effects on all aspects of patients’ lives. psychosocial interventions may play important roles in reducing anxiety and depression among breast-cancer survivors. therefore, group training based on acceptance and commitment therapy may help women to cope better with their condition, and decre...