comparing the effectiveness of self-healing training and emotional schema therapy on health locus of control, pain self-efficacy, and positive meta-emotion in women with breast cancer

Introduction: the present study compared the effectiveness of self-healing therapy and emotional schema therapy on health locus of control, pain self-efficacy, and positive meta-emotion in women with breast cancer.method: this research was an applied study following a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest-control group design. the statistical population consisted of all female clients medically and clinically diagnosed with breast cancer in the healthcare centers of tehran in 2022-2023. a total of 45 individuals with definite breast cancer detection were selected by convenience sampling and assigned into three groups randomly. the research instruments were nickolas', pain self-efficacy questionnaire, walston et al.'s, health locus of control scale, and mitmansgruber et al.'s meta-emotion questionnaire. the two experimental groups were intervened constantly and weekly, while the control group received no intervention. the research data were analyzed by the multivariate analysis of covariance and post hoc tests run in the spss 26 software.results: findings revealed that self-healing training and emotional schema therapy influenced the health locus of control, pain self-efficacy, and positive meta-emotion of women with breast cancer. likewise, the findings revealed a significant difference between the effectiveness of the two interventions on health locus of control and pain self-efficacy.conclusion: in line with the outcomes of the research, it can be concluded that the therapeutic function of the mentioned interventions provides researchers with state-of-the-art strategies to expand knowledge, research, and treatment boundaries when facing psychological disorders in women with breast cancer.