Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Spiritual Therapy on Emotional Resilience

Many researchers are interested in comparing different approaches in order to be more effective; In this regard, the aim of this research was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and spirituality therapy on the resilience of divorced women.

Methods and Materials: 

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of this study was all divorced women covered by the welfare of Tehran in 1399, from which 45 qualified volunteers were included in the study, who were divided into two experimental groups and one control group by age homogenization. In the present study, to describe and analyze the data, analysis of variance with repeated measures, Bonferroni post hoc test and SPSS software with a significance level of 0.05 were used.

The results of the present study showed that the post-test and follow-up, the mean scores of resilience It has increased significantly in the experimental groups compared to the control group (p<0.05). In other words, cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and spiritual therapy have been effective on resilience scores (p<0.05). Also, the effect of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness in the post-test phase has been more effective than spiritual therapy on increasing resilience. In the group of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness, spiritual therapy, post-test and follow-up resilience scores increased compared to the pre-test, and no significant difference was observed between the post-test and follow-up averages in both groups. Also, in the control group, there is no significant difference between the mean scores of the pre-test, post-test and follow-up resilience (P<0.05).

Cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and spiritual therapy for both divorced women seem to improve resilience in these individuals and reduce the individual and social consequences of divorce.