The Effectiveness of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer

The Effectiveness of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy on Life Expectancy, Resilience, Finding Meaning, Existential Coherence, and Psychosocial Adjustment in Women with Breast Cancer

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20260203068757N1

Enrollment

Registered

2026-05-20

Start date

2026-05-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Breast Cancer. Malignant neoplasm of breast

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: 27 women with breast cancer. The aforementioned group will receive a meaning-focused psychotherapy protocol consisting of 8 sessions and once a week in a group ther

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Lack of diagnosis of other psychiatric and physical illnesses Failure to receive psychotherapy and other drug treatments Having informed consent to participate in the research Having a breast cancer diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Receiving other mental health-related treatments, such as medication and psychotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Life Expectancy. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: Herth Hope Index.;Resilience. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale.;Finding Meaning. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: The Meaning in Life Questionnaire.;Existential Coherence. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: Antonovsky-Coherence-Questionnaire.;Psychosocial Adjustment. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: psychosocial adaptation (PSA) questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Life Expectancy. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: Herth Hope Index.;Resilience. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale.;Finding Meaning. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: The Meaning in Life Questionnaire.;Existential Coherence. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: Antonovsky-Coherence-Questionnaire.;Psychosocial Adjustment. Timepoint: 2 month. Method of measurement: psychosocial adaptation (PSA) questionnaire.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactKiana Shirdast

Semnan university

kianashirdast@semnan.ac.ir+98 992 147 3107

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026