Effectiveness of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP) on Enhancement of Hope and Happiness in patients with Cancer

This study aimed to investigate the effect of Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on enhancement of hope and happiness in patients with cancer. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group design. The population of the study consisted of all people diagnosed with cancer who visited the Radiotherapy Center of Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah in 2016. 30 members of the population were selected through purposive sampling, and were then randomly assigned into two 15-member groups (experimental and control group). The Schneider's hope questionnaire and Oxford happiness inventory were used for data collection purposes in pre-test and post-test. Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy was performed on the experimental group twice a week in 20 sixty-minute sessions, while the control group to receive the intervention. The findings of multivariate covariance analysis obtained from pre-treatment and treatment scores after the pre-test and post-test showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of hope (P= 0/006, F= 88/93) and happiness (P= 0/01, F= 89/23). According to the findings of this study, it can be mentioned that Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy increase hope and happiness in cancer patients and it can be used as an efficient method. and it can be used as an efficient method.