The effectiveness of a combination of marital relationship enrichment training and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on depression, anxiety and emotional divorce of women with addicted spouses

The family as a small social unit is one of the most important institutions in society. In fact, every family should be a brick of the walls of a society and the main center for preserving traditions and customs, as well as respected and precious values, a strong institution for lasting social relations among relatives, the source of expression and expression of emotion. To be considered the center of the most intimate relationships between people and the cultivation of thought, mind, creativity and the promotion of the soul,Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a combination of training on enrichment of marital relationships and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on depression, anxiety and emotional divorce of women with addicted spouses.

The research method was quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with a control group .The statistical population consisted of all women with addicted spouses who referred to addiction treatment clinics and treatment camps for addiction treatment and relevant non-governmental organizations in Isfahan in 1398. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the sample was sampled in Available selection And answered questionnaires on anxiety, depression, and emotional divorce. Thus, 30 women with addicted spouses were randomly selected and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (15 in each group).The subjects in the experimental group underwent a combined training of enrichment of marital relationships and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for 8 sessions of 90 minutes, but the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed at two levels of descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential level (multivariate analysis of covariance).

The results showed a significant decrease in the mean of depression (p = 0.320), (F = 1.024), anxiety (p = 0.638), (F = 0.226) and emotional divorce (p = 0.540). (F = 6.789), women with addicted spouses were in the experimental group compared to the control group (p≤0.01).

According to the research findings, combined education of enrichment of marital relations and cognitive therapy based on mindfulness is a method based on common sense and emotional conflict that can be used to reduce the damage caused by depression, anxiety and emotional divorce in women. Used by an addicted spouse.