The Effect of Mindfulness Therapy on Tolerance of Uncertainty and Thought-Action Fusion in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
M. A. Azad, G. Manshaei, A. Ghamarani
Quarterly Journal of Child Mental Health April 10, 2019 DOI: 10.29252/jcmh.6.1.8 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Semi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test control group design with follow-up Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder in Isfahan |
| Intervention | Mindfulness therapy |
| Duration | 10 sessions of 75 minutes over three months, with two-month follow-up |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindfulness therapy significantly increased tolerance of uncertainty and reduced thought-action fusion in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, with effects maintained at two-month follow-up. |
Abstract
Background and
Purpose: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a serious disorder that affects psychological, communicative, social, and emotional processes. Accordingly, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of mindfulness therapy on tolerance of uncertainty, and thought-action fusion in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Method: this was a semi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test control group design with a follow-up of two months. The sample consisted of 30 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder in Isfahan during the academic year of 2017-18.They were selected by purposeful sampling this was a semi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test control group design with a follow-up of two months randomly this was a semi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test control group design with a follow-up of two months The experimental group received mindfulness intervention in 10 sessions of 75 minutesduring three months. Maudsley obsession questionnaire (Hajson and Rachman, 1980), tolerance of uncertainty (Mcleen, 1993), and thought-action fusion questionnaire (Shefran et.al, 1996) were used to collect data.Data were analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA.
Findings: The results showed that mindfulness therapy had a significant effect on the tolerance of uncertainty and thought-action fusion in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (F = 11.13, F = 79.98, P <0.001).Also, the effect of this treatment is maintained during the follow-up phase (P <0/001). The degree of statistical effect of mindfulness therapy on tolerance of uncertainty and thought-action fusion were 40% and 73% respectively.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that by creating knowledge of thoughts and feelings, the mindfulness therapy can increase tolerance of uncertainty and reduce the thought-action fusion in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |
Citations in the library
Cited by 2
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- The effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy on rumination, perfectionism and thought-action fusion of women suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder Journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies July 1, 2023
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