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Introduction: Women with breast cancer often face deep spiritual challenges that affect their performance and spiritual health. This qualitative study was conducted to investigate the spiritual experiences of women with breast cancer and the role of spirituality in the cancer experience. Methods & Materials: This study was conducted with a qualitative research method and a contractual content analysis approach in 2024 at the Chemotherapy Center of Peymaniyeh Hospital in Jahrom City under the supervision of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. To collect information, 13 patients with breast cancer were selected by targeted sampling and a semi-structured interview was conducted with them. Interviews were recorded, handwritten, and analyzed by Granheim and Lundman method. Lincoln and Cuban criteria were used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA 2020 software (VERBI). Results: Information in 3 levels of spiritual needs, including 4 sub-levels of communication with God, in search of awareness, hope in overcoming suffering, finding meaning in suffering, and spiritual and spiritual synergy; The category of factors of fear and suffering of the patient includes 3 sub-categories in the clutches of poverty and time, double suffering and silent battle, and the category of spirituality results in patients includes 2 sub-categories in the arms of God in overcoming cancer and recovery and healing pains. The average age of the patients was 44.30 years. Finally, 10 subcategories and 3 main categories (spiritual needs, factors of fear and suffering, and results of spirituality in patients) were extracted. Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that living with breast cancer can change the path of life, beliefs and spiritual attitudes of patients. In addition, it will cause their spiritual growth and excellence. Also, the findings of this study showed the importance of addressing the spiritual needs of breast cancer patients as part of comprehensive and patient-centered care. It is recommended to conduct more studies on meeting the spiritual needs of cancer patients as a part of spiritual care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Motivation is a key element in treatment and recovery of substance use disorders by influencing patients to seek, complete, and acceptance of treatment and make successful long-term changes Objective: the current study was conducted in other to evaluate treatment motivation based on cognitive self-control and self-compassion in people with substance dependency. Materials and Methods: The study carried out was a cross sectional type. The whole people with substance dependency referred to Shiraz centers of addiction treatment in the second half of 1392, comprised our statistical population of this research. One hundred and fifty people were selected by multistage random sampling method. Having conducted clinical interview, they were asked to respond to questionnaires of cognitive self-control, self-compassion and treatment motivation. Collected data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate and multiple regressions. Results: The results showed that treatment motivation is negatively correlated with low self-control (r=-0.41; P<0.001), and positively with self-kindness(r=0.37; P<0.001), self-judgment(r=0.32;P<0.001), common humanity(r=0.33; P<0.001), isolation(r=0.32; P<0.001), mindfulness(r=0.40; P<0.001), and over-identification(r=0.36; P<0.001). The results of multiple regression showed that 30% variance of motivation, 30% variance of problem recognition, 28% variance of ambivalence and 24% variance taking steps are explained by self- compassion and cognitive self-control. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate that cognitive self-control and self- compassion play a role in predicting treatment motivation and readiness to change in drug-dependent individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]