efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy on stress, resilience and coping strategies in irritable bowel syndrome patients

Background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is the most common gastrointestinal disorder that have considerable psychological features. objectives: this researchaimedto determine theefficacyof dialecticalbehavioral therapyonstress, resilienceandcoping strategies of ibs patients. methods: the study was quasi-experimental that including two intervention and control groups. fifty-two ibs patients who met this diagnosis- according the rome iii criteria- were selected and assigned to two experimental and control groups with 26 ibs patients in each group. the dialectical behavioral therapy-according to moonshine s manual- was conducted in 8 weekly sessions in a gastroenterology clinic in isfahan. the questionnaires of stress, resilience and coping strategies were completed as the pretest, post-test and follow-up. data were analyzed with spss.20. results: results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that dialectical behavioral therapy had a significant effect in reduction of post-test mean scores of emotional coping strategies (p < 0. 05), and there was an acceptable effect size for all variables (except avoidance strategies). conclusions: dialectical behavioral therapy could be useful to improvement of psychological status of ibs patients, but it needs longer therapeutic period for more persistent effects.