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The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Rumination, Quality of Life, Emotion Regulation, and Communication Beliefs of the Women Dissatisfied with their Husbands

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Fatemesadat Tabatabaei Nejad 1
Maryam Ibn Yamin 2
1 Corresponding Author: Assistant Professore, Department of psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad university, Naein, Iran
2 Master of Clinical Psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on rumination, quality of life, emotion regulation, and communication beliefs of the women dissatisfied with their husbands.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population consisted of the women dissatisfied with their husbands who had referred to Isfahan police force counseling centers in 2019. From among them, two groups of 20 people were randomly selected and assigned into an experimental group and a control group. Four questionnaires were used to collect data, including the Adelson and Epstein Communication Beliefs Questionnaire (1982), the Hoxma and Murrow Rumination Questionnaire (1991), the Varoserbun's Quality of Life Questionnaire (1992) and the Shot et al. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (1998). The mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group received 8 sessions of treatment, and the control group did not receive any treatment. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of covariance.
Results: The results indicated that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has a significant effect on rumination, quality of life, emotion regulation and communication beliefs of the women dissatisfied with their husbands (p < 0.05).
Discussion: The present study showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can be used to improve quality of life, regulate emotions and communication beliefs, and reduce rumination in the women dissatisfied with their husbands
Keywords
mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
rumination
quality of life
emotion regulation
communication beliefs
women dissatisfied with their husbands
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Military Psychology
Volume 11, Issue 44
Winter Quarterly
Winter 2021
Pages 31-43

  • Receive Date 07 December 2019
  • Revise Date 08 November 2020
  • Accept Date 09 November 2020