The effectiveness of mindfulness on early maladaptive schemas of abandonment, defectiveness/shame and stubborn criteria in betrayed women
Diana Khalili, Eisa Jafari, Nadia Khalili
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) August 1, 2023 DOI: 10.22098/jrp.2023.11893.1149 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 60 |
| Population | Betrayed women referred to Mehr Aria Psychology Clinic in Karaj in 2021 |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) |
| Duration | Eight sessions; follow-up conducted (timing not stated) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Women who received eight sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy showed significant reductions in early maladaptive schemas of abandonment, stubborn criteria, mistrust, and defectiveness from pre-test to post-test, and these differences remained significant at follow-up compared with pre-test (p < 0.05). |
Abstract
In recent years, infidelity and its effects on the family system have become the focus of psychological research more than ever. The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness on early maladaptive schemas of abandonment, stubborn criteria, mistrust and defectiveness in the betrayed women in Karaj in 2021. The method of this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design. The total number of women was 122 who had referred to Mehr Aria Psychology Clinic in Karaj. The pre-test, post-test, and follow-up were conducted on all participants, who were randomly placed in two groups: the experimental and control groups, each consisting of 30 people. We provided eight mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) sessions for only the experimental group. Then, MANCOVA was conducted and the results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean of Early Maladaptive Schemas of Abandonment, stubborn criteria, mistrust and defectiveness in pre-test and post-test (p < 0.05). Also, there was a significant difference between the mean of Early Maladaptive Schemas of Abandonment, stubborn criteria, mistrust and defectiveness in follow-up and pre-test (p < 0.05).
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| 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 |