Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Therapy and Cognitive-Emotional Therapy on Cognitive Avoidance andThought-Practice Integration in Autoimmune Patients

The aim of this study was to compare theeffectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy and emotionoriented cognitive therapy on cognitive integration andthought control in autoimmune patients.

The research method was applied interms of purpose and unbalanced in terms of experimentalnature with pre-test-post-test design with control group. Thestatistical population included all autoimmune patients inTehran who referred to medical centers in Tehran in 1398.Using the available sampling method, 45 autoimmune patientsin Tehran were considered as the sample size. This number ofsamples was randomly divided into two experimental groups(15 people in experimental group 1 and 15 people inexperimental group 2) and a control group (15 people). Theinstruments used were Gilanders’ cognitive fusionquestionnaire, Bowaderstone, Bond and Dempster (2010),Wells, and Davis' mind control questionnaire. Data wereanalyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.

Finally, the findings showed that the two therapiesof mindfulness and cognitive-emotional are effective oncognitive fusion and cognitive failure. According to the meansof emotion-oriented methodology more than cognitive methodon cognitive fusion, Excitatory methodology was moreeffective on cognitive failure than mindfulness, Also, twotherapies of mindfulness and emotional cognition wereeffective in distraction, worry, social control, punishment andre-evaluation which are the components of thought control.

Emotional methodology was more effective thanmindfulness in the components of distraction and socialcontrol; while mindfulness therapy was more effective thananxiety-cognitive therapy on the components of anxiety,punishment and re-evaluation.