mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

This research investigated the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on the resilience and academic motivation of high school students. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test involving two groups (experimental and control). The statistical population comprised students enrolled in the second year of high school (tenth grade of humanities) during the academic year 2022-2033 in Zabol City. Using convenience sampling, 40 students were selected and assigned into experimental and control groups (n=20). Data were collected using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; 2003) and the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS; Fairchild et al., 2004). The experimental group received 8-session Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, with each session lasting 2 hours and weekly, while no intervention was conducted for the control group. Data analysis was performed with descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance (univariate and multivariate) using SPSS-26 software. The Results revealed significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of resilience (F=73.48, p=0.000, η²=0.69) and academic motivation (F=11.14, p=0.000, η²=0.37). Following the implementation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, both resilience and academic motivation showed improvement. Considering the research findings, it is evident that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) was beneficial in enhancing resilience and academic motivation. This study contributes to the understanding of the potential positive impact of mindfulness-based interventions on the resilience and academic motivation of high school students.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on self-compassion, Alexithymia, and cognitive distortion of students with Love Trauma Syndrome. The statistical population of this research includes women students with love trauma syndrome in Azad University Qazvin who were studying in 1399-1400. The sample of the present study was selected through a call and voluntarily from female students who experienced love failure in their lives and People who got a score above 20. People selected the final sample and then these people were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. In this study, to collect data, self-compassion Neff (2003) questionnaire, cognitive distortion Elis (1998) questionnaire, and Alexithymia Toronto (1994) questionnaire were used. Also in this study, multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training had a significant effect on self-compassion, Alexithymia, and cognitive distortions of women students with Love Trauma Syndrome (p <0.001). The results of the study showed that counselors and psychologists can use mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to increase their compassion, reduce emotional distress, and cognitive distortion in students with Love Trauma Syndrome.

Many children’s physical, cognitive, behavioral and emotional disorders are caused by mothers’ emotional disturbances. These mothers show weakness in playing the parental role, which will lead to an increase in behavioral disorders in the child. The aim of the research was to effectiveness of mothers’ mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on externalizing disorder of aggressive children.

This study was an experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. From the population of female primary school students in Namin city in the academic year of 1997-98 (540 people), a sample of 40 people based on high scores on the aggression scale was selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of 20 people (An experimental group and a control group) were replaced. Every student who was selected in this way, his mother was also selected as a sample in the research. Overt and relational Shahim’s Aggression Scale and Achenbach& Rescolar’s Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 2-hour mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy and the control group did not receive any intervention. Univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) were used to analyze the data.

The calculated values showed that cognitive therapy based on mothers’ mindfulness has an effect on reducing the externalizing problems of in children (p < 0.05).

According to the results of the study, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can be considered as effective interventions in reducing externalizing problems in children. Mothers’ mindfulness improves their adaptive performance in awareness and attention to interaction with children, unconditional acceptance without judgment of children’s behaviors and the ability to regulate their reactions to children.

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on reducing academic burnout in students with special learning disorder. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. The research population included 180 female students with special learning disorder who referred to the Neshat Learning Disorders Center in Mako from January to March 2016. A sample of 30 students was selected by purposive sampling method using the Learning Disability Assessment Scale and clinical and diagnostic interviews and were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. Data collection tools was Bresó, Salanova, and Schaufeli (2007) Academic Burnout Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using Analysis of Covariance in SPSS version 26. Findings showed that mindfulness-based cognitive intervention led to a significant difference between groups in 62% of academic burnout, 20% in terms of fatigue, 33% of pessimism, and 39% of inefficiency. According to the obtained results, it can be suggested that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has a significant effect on reducing academic burnout in students with special learning disabilities.

The purpose of this study was to compare and compare the effectiveness of short-term intensive psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the mental pain of earthquake victims in Sar Paul Zahab in 1398. The study population consisted of earthquake-stricken women in Sar-e-Pol city who referred to counseling clinic of Sar-e-Pol-e-zahb city in 1398. 45 women were selected by convenience sampling method. One control group and two experimental groups were replaced by a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with control group. Intensive and short-term psychotherapy sessions and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy were administered to the two experimental groups during 9 weeks. At the end, three post-test groups were taken. The research tools were: Orbach & Miklinsler Mental Pain Questionnaire (OMMP) (2003). Covariance analysis test was used for inferential analysis of data. The results showed that both intensive and short-term psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy are effective on the mental pain of earthquake victims and between intensive and short-term psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. There was no significant difference in the effectiveness of the earthquake on mental pain. (p <0/5).

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on psychological wellbeing and Its Components in hemodialysis patients. The study sample consisted of 28 hemodialysis patients who were selected by available sampling method from patients referred to hemodialysis unite of Imam Khomeini hospital in Shirvan city and Imam Ali hospital in Bojnord city and were randomly replaced in two groups (14 patient in each group). The experimental group received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in eight session of 90 minutes (once a week). Data collected by Ryff Psychological Well-bing inventory and they were analyzed by using ANCOVA. The results showed that the Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy had positive effect on psychological well-being, Interpersonal Relations, purpose in life, personal growth and autonomy but there was no significant effect on environmental mastery and self-acceptance. Therefore, the results of this study provide empirical support for this therapy and Regarding the prevalence of psychological problems in hemodialysis patients and the effectiveness of psychiatric interventions, the necessity of the presence of psychologists and counselors in hemodialysis departments is reminiscent.

This study investigates the effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy on the rate of using negative auotomatic thoughts in women with major depressive patients in mashhad. Participants were 24 depressed women clients, randomly selected and randomly designated to 2 groups (one experimental group and one control group)
The present experiment is of pre test, post test, control group kind. To gather data questionnaires measuring negative automatic thoughts were applied. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (repeated analysis of variance) were used to test the research hypothesis.
Thr results showed that mindfulness based cognitive therapy were effective in decrease of negative automatic thoughts in women with depressive disorder