International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
2026
Ragwan Albaar, Amriana Amriana, Zainab Canu et al.
Objective: This study explores how the Kololi Kie ritual is experienced and interpreted as healing within the Ternate community, with particular attention to how Islamic values inform meaning-making processes in an indigenous counseling-oriented context. Methods and Materials: The study adopts a qualitative phenomenological approach grounded in Alfred Schutz’s social phenomenology. Data were...
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
2025
Mahboubeh Amani
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of MBCT on academic motivation, self-efficacy, and academic procrastination among high school students. Methods and Materials: A quasi-experimental design with a pre-test, post-test, and control group was used. The study included 30 high school students selected through a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Participants were randomly assigned...
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
2025
Masoudeh Timajchi, Mojgan Aghahheris, Amin Rafiepoor et al.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on psychological distress tolerance, sexual function, and psychosocial distress in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods and Materials: The present study employed a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and a two-month follow-up, including a control group. The statistical...
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
2025
Mina Ansari, Ghodratollah Abbasi, Ramezan Hassanzadeh
Objective: This study evaluates the effectiveness of MBSR in improving pain self-efficacy and Hope in women with breast cancer. Methods and Materials: This quasi-experimental study used a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population included breast cancer patients referred to Bazarganan Hospital, Tehran, in 2022. Thirty patients were purposively selected and randomly...
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
2024
Elahe Geraeeli Moshkabadi, Mahsa Fallahnezhad
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of MBSR in enhancing marital satisfaction and distress tolerance among women with premature menopause. Methods and Materials: A quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, and control group was used. Thirty women aged 35–45 with confirmed premature menopause were selected via purposive sampling from healthcare centers in Sari,...
International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture
September 7, 2019
Mina Azarnik
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on health-related quality of life (QOL) and self-efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods: The present experimental field study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population of this study included all patients with rheumatoid arthritis...