The effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy on rumination, perfectionism and thought-action fusion of women suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder
Sedigheh Khadem, Mohammad Kazem Fakhri, Seyedeh Olia Emadian
Journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies July 1, 2023 DOI: 10.61186/jayps.4.4.147 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest follow-up with control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Women with obsessive-compulsive disorder who were clients of counseling centers in Neka city |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy |
| Duration | Eight sessions |
| Measures | Rumination questionnaire of Nalen-Hoeksma and Maro (1991), identity perfectionism questionnaire of Hewitt and Felt (1991), thought-action fusion questionnaire of Shafran et al. (1996) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy significantly reduced rumination, perfectionism, and thought-action fusion in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder, with effects maintained at follow-up. The authors conclude the therapy is effective for these psychological problems and can be used to improve them. |
Abstract
Background and Aim:The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on rumination, perfectionism, and thought-action fusion of women suffering from obsessivecompulsive disorder who are clients of counseling centers in Neka city. Methods:The present research method is practical in terms of purpose and in terms of field situation and in terms of quasi-experimental method with pretest and post-test design and follow-up with reference group and random assignment.The statistical population of this research included all women who referred to counseling centers in Neka city in the first three months of 2019.Purposive sampling and 30 women who obtained the highest score in the obsessive-practical research tool of Foa et al. (2002) were selected as a sample and then randomly assigned 15 to the cognitive therapy group based on mindfulness and 15 People were assigned to the control group.The experimental group underwent eight sessions of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness based on the protocol of McKenzie et al. ( 2018), while the control group did not receive any intervention.Also, the rumination questionnaire of Nalen-Hoeksma and Maro (1991), the identity perfectionism questionnaire of Hewitt and Felt (1991), and the thought-action fusion questionnaire of Shafran et al. (1996) were used in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages.Finally, the data were analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures and Bonferroni's post hoc test.Results: The results showed that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on rumination (F=20.17,P<0.001), perfectionism (F=17.94,P<0.001) and thought-action fusion (F=13.95,P<0.001) women with obsessive-compulsive disorder has an effect.Conclusion: It can be concluded that cognitive therapy based on mindfulness is effective on rumination, perfectionism, and thought-action fusion of women suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, and this therapy can be used to improve women's psychological problems.
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 |
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