Validation of spiritual therapy educational package in order to measure its effect on the mindfulness of abused children

The statistical population of the research is all abused children referred to Dolat Abad social emergency center in Tehran, and the research sample was selected from among these children. After conducting the pre-test in all three groups, two experimental groups were subjected to spiritual therapy interventions based on Iranian culture with a cognitive-behavioral approach and mindfulness therapy based on stress reduction. After the end of the intervention periods, all three groups participated in the post-test and follow-up using research questionnaires.The samples were subjected to intervention during 8 sessions of 90 minutes. To collect data, 1- Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) 2- World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) were used. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measurements. The results of the research showed that 1- the effectiveness of spiritual therapy based on Iranian culture with the cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness approach based on reducing stress in the variables of depression, anxiety and stress is the same in both groups.In addition to this, the effectiveness of spiritual therapy and mindfulness in reducing depression, anxiety and stress was greater than that of the control group in abused children referred to the social emergency center of Daulat Abad. 2- The effectiveness of spiritual therapy based on Iranian culture with a cognitive-behavioral approach in terms of social relations and overall quality of life is more than mindfulness based on stress reduction. In addition, the effectiveness of spiritual therapy in the variables of social relations and overall quality of life was more than the control group.