The Effect of Positive Mindfulness Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Rumination and Psychological Well-Being of Depressed Students in Rehabilitation School

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of positive, mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral mindfulness therapy on rumination and psychological well-being of depressed students in the Rehabilitation Faculty of Jundishapur University. The quasi-experimental design was pre-test-post-test and follow-up and in a three-group randomized controlled trial (two experimental groups and one control group). From the statistical population of all undergraduate students in the Faculty of Rehabilitation, Jundishapur University of Shahr-e Ahvaz (1300-1499), 30 depressed students were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental groups during 12 group sessions (under positive mindfulness treatment program). N = 10 axis and underwent cognitive-behavioral therapy program (n = 10) and control group (n = 10). The Ruminant Questionnaire (RRS), Nolen-Hoxma and Marlowe (1991) and the Reef Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire (2008) were administered to them. The results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that both treatment groups had a significant effect on the improvement of rumination and psychological well-being (p <0.01). Positive mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral mind therapy is an effective way to reduce rumination and increase psychological well-being in the treatment of people with depression.