Comparing Effectiveness Compassion Focused Therapy & Mindfulness-Based cognitive therapy on Ambiguity Tolerance in Infertile Women

the aim of The present study was comparing the effect of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) & Mindfulness-Based cognitive therapy on ambiguity tolerance in infertile women. Research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post- test, three-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population consist of 30-40 years old infertile women resident in Tehran city in 1400 years. Sampling method was Convenience Sampling. 45 available students selected and replaced randomly in group 5. The ambiguity tolerance Inventory (Simons & Gaher, 2015) was administered pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The training packages were Compassion Focused Therapy package (Gilbert, 2015) and Mindfulness-Based cognitive therapy package (Sadeqhi, Sajjadian & Nadi, 1400). CFT and MBCT applied on experimental groups (ninety minutes each session) weekly and the control group did not receive any training. The data analyzed by mixed analysis variance.

Results showed that both of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) on & Mindfulness-Based cognitive therapy were affected the same on increasing to ambiguity tolerance, in infertile women (p<0.005). Three- month follow-up confirmed these results. Then by use to CFT and MBCT (especially CFT) can to increase to ambiguity tolerance in infertile women.

Then, CFT and MBCT (especially CFT) affective to raise the ambiguity tolerance and is necessary for using from these methods to improve ambiguity tolerance and psychological health of these infertile women.