EFFECT OF A MINDFULNESS-BASED GROUP STRUCTURED COUNSELING PROGRAM ON IMPROVING OPTIMISM AMONG WIDOWED WOMEN
Acta Innovations September 25, 2026 Fatin A. Mhaidat, Ezdihar M. Alfawwaz, Mo'een Ahmad Oudat
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based group structured counseling program on improving levels of optimism amongst widowed women in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Eighty widowed women with low levels of optimism were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 40) and a control group (n = 40), using a randomized pre-test and post-test experimental...