Women who are 18 years of age or older, do not have communication problems, have and can use a smartphone, do not have internet problems to participate in group sessions, volunteer to participate in the study, receive chemotherapy at least once a month and will continue to receive chemotherapy during the study. Women with stage 1 and stage 2 breast cancer, women with primary and secondary education, women within the first year of treatment in terms of the number of cycles, women with a score of 8 or more on the Hospital anxiety and depression scale (0-7 points are normal, 8- A score of 10 is borderline, 11 and above indicates abnormality).
Women who use mindfulness therapy, laughter therapy or any complementary or integrative medicine in their daily lives outside the research, women who have a diagnosed psychological disease, metastasis or recurrence, and whose chemotherapy treatment was terminated before the study was completed,
Women with stage 3 and stage 4 breast cancer, women who have been receiving chemotherapy for more than 1 year, women whose scores are 8 or below on the Hospital anxiety and depression scale (0-7 points indicate normal, 8-10 points indicate borderline, 11 and above indicate abnormality ).
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