Evaluation of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on emotion regulation skills

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: Research has shown that the treatment of self-awareness can reveal new dimensions of the relationship between mind and body. Therefore; The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on adolescents' emotion regulation skills.
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study is all male students in the first year of high school in the 13th district of Tehran in 1397; Among them, 40 students were selected by purposive sampling based on inclusion criteria and were randomly divided into 2 groups of 20 in the control and experimental groups. The research instruments included the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire by Garnewski, Kreich and Spinhaum (2001). Analysis of covariance and repeated measures analysis of variance using SPSS software version 25 were used to analyze the data.
Results:  The results showed that mindfulness treatment was effective on emotion regulation and was statistically significant (P≥0.001). Also, the effect of treatment in the follow-up stage remained constant (P 000.001).
Conclusion: It seems that mindfulness intervention can affect the emotion variable.

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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 64, Issue 1
March and April 2021
Pages 2374-2380

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