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The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy on emotional regulation and psychological well-being of women with vitiligo skin disease. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of this research included all patients suffering from vitiligo (spots and psii) referred to specialized skin and beauty clinics in Tehran in 2023, of which 30 people were selected using the purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups (15 people were placed in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group). The measurement tools included the Garnevsky and Kriage Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-short version (CERQ, 2006) and the Riff Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire-short version (RSPWB, 2002). The experimental group underwent group therapy based on acceptance and commitment during 8 sessions of 90 minutes twice a week, and the control group did not receive any therapeutic intervention. Multivariate analysis of the covariance test was used for analysis. The results of covariance analysis showed that by controlling the pre-test effect, there is a significant difference between the average emotional regulation and psychological well-being in the two experimental and control groups (P<0.001). The findings of this research showed that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment was effective in reducing negative emotion regulation and increasing positive emotion regulation and the psychological well-being of women with vitiligo.

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of psychotherapy based on improving quality of life on anxiety and quality of life in women with vitiligo.

The study employed a quasi-experimental design. The statistical population included all women with vitiligo referred to the Isfahan Dermatology and Leishmaniasis Research Center. From this population, 20 women were selected through available sampling and randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group (10 participants per group). Both groups completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory (1988) and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (2004) as pre-tests. After the experimental group completed eight sessions of psychotherapy focused on improving quality of life (one 90-minute session per week for eight weeks), post-tests were administered to both groups immediately and again one month later. The collected data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance via SPSS.23 software.

The results of repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that psychotherapy focused on improving quality of life significantly reduced anxiety scores and increased the quality of life in women with vitiligo.

Given that psychotherapy based on improving quality of life positively affects anxiety and quality of life in women with vitiligo, teaching this therapeutic approach is recommended as an effective intervention to reduce anxiety and enhance the quality of life in this population.

Researchs shows that the physical and psychological effects of obvious skin conditions such as vitiligo, affect the quality of life of patients. Although in the past, compassion-focused therapy has led to positive emotional regulation, reduction of negative emotions, and self-blame, as well as acceptance - commitment therapy led to mindfulness, acceptance of feelings, and calmness in the face of illness, but there is a research gap exists in the impact of these therapies on the quality of life of women with vitiligo.

This research was performed to compare The Efficacy of compassion focused therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on quality of life in women patient with vitiligo.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test and follow-up with control group. The study population consisted of all women with vitiligo who referred to Razi Hospital in Tehran in 2020, which 45 people were purposefully selected after controlling the entry and exit criteria and randomly divided into 3 groups of 15 people (two experimental groups and A control group). The measurement tool was the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (1993). For the first experiment group, the acceptance and commitment ‌therapy ‌of hyse et al(2016), and for the second experiment group, the compassion focused therapy (Gilbert, 2009, 2014) were delivered in groups and in eight 120-minute sessions, but the control group received no intervention. In order to test the research hypotheses, descriptive statistics and mixed analysis of variance were used by SPSS20 software.

Showed that all three groups in the pre-test stage were not significantly different from each other except that the physical health of the control group was higher than the compassion group. Also, the difference between the acceptance-commitment and compassion-based therapy group with the control group in quality of life and all its components in the post-test and follow-up stages was significant (p <0.01) except for one case in the living environment component, it was not significant with the control group in the post-test. In physical health and social relationship, the difference between the two experimental groups of acceptance- commitment and compassion group in the post-test and follow-up stages was not significant (p <0.01). In mental health, living environment and overall quality of life in the post-test and follow-up stages, the difference between the two experimental groups was significant and showed a more effect of acceptance and commitment therapy. Except for the overall quality of life, there was no significant difference between the two experimental groups in the post-test.

According to the obtained results, it is concluded that the therapy is based on acceptance and commitment by accepting emotions and preventing the avoidance of experience and shaping committed practice and healthy habits and Compassion-focused therapies by changing mental interpretations of blame and criticism and enhancing kindness to themselves and others, improve patients' quality of life.

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of positive psychotherapy on the sense of hope and psychological well-being of patients with vitiligo (PCI).
This semi-experimental research is a pre-test-post-test with a control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all male and female patients referring to Hazrat-e-Abolfazl Hospital and Oriental dentistry dermatologist of Kashmar in 1395. The sample was selected through voluntary and voluntary sampling method. The research tool was a Schneider Hope Scale and a psychological well-being reef. For data analysis, SPSS-22 and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) were used.
Findings showed that the mean scores of hope and psychological well-being in the post-test of the experimental group were significantly higher than the mean post-test scores in the control group.
Positive psychotherapy is effective in increasing the hope and psychological well-being of patients with vitiligo. It can, therefore, be considered as a therapeutic approach.

The role of psychological distress has been approved in the clinical course of skin diseases which can lead to the development and incidence of some skin diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of processing emotion regulation strategies training (PERST) in psychological distress (PD) of patient with vitiligo.
This study is an experimental study with a single subject in which design A B were used. The study measured 6 times (once as a baseline, four times, once during treatment and in the follow up) was performed. Among patients with skin disorders treatment centers, 3 patients with vitiligo disease were recruited through convenient sampling. The instruments of research were include the complete package of PERST based on Gross Model, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS) and structured clinical interview for axis I disorders in DSM-IV (SCID-I).
The results showed a stable downward trend for PD scale scores and the components of depression, anxiety and stress that reflects the effectiveness of PERST in these variables.
Psychological distress role in predisposing, precipitating and continuation of skin diseases, including vitiligo and subsequently in other aspects of their lives and PERST can play an important role by reducing PD as adjunctive and Rehabilitation therapies with medical treatment.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of group positive psychotherapy on happiness and hope in patients with vitiligo. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all referrers of Kashmar's men and women who had PCI. By available sampling method, 30 individuals were selected. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHI) and Schneider Hope Questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (covariance analysis) were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the mean scores of happiness and hope in the post-test of the experimental group were significantly higher than the mean of post-test scores in the control group. Based on the findings of this study, positive group psychotherapy is an effective treatment for increasing hope and happiness in vitiligo patients.