Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Emotion Regulation and Perception of Rejection in Women with Multiple Sclerosis
Mohammad Najafi Aliehkolaei, Elham Ghalandari, Elham Mostafavi
Health Nexus 2023 DOI: 10.61838/kman.hn.1.3.14 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with control group and follow-up Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Women with multiple sclerosis in Tehran, registered with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Iran, in 2023 |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based therapy |
| Duration | Eight 90-minute sessions (two sessions per week), with follow-up |
| Measures | Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), Perception of Rejection Questionnaire (PEQ) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindfulness-based therapy significantly improved emotion regulation and perception of rejection in women with multiple sclerosis after adjusting for pretest scores, with effects maintained at follow-up. The authors conclude the therapy is effective and can be used alongside medical treatments. |
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy on emotion regulation and perception of rejection among women with multiple sclerosis using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest and follow-up design with a control group. The population of this study included all women with multiple sclerosis in Tehran in the year 2023, who were registered with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Iran. Using convenience sampling, 30 participants were selected and randomly assigned to two groups of 15, experimental and control. The experimental group received mindfulness-based therapy in eight 90-minute sessions (two sessions per week), while the control group received no intervention. The research instruments included the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) by Gross and John (2003) and the Perception of Rejection Questionnaire (PEQ) by Rohner et al. (1978). The results showed that after adjusting for pretest scores, there was a significant effect in the between-group variables for emotion regulation (F = 4.49, p = 0.001) and perception of rejection (F = 47.34, p = 0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that mindfulness-based therapy impacts emotion regulation and perception of rejection variables, and these differences were maintained at the follow-up stage. The results indicate that mindfulness-based therapy is effective for emotion regulation and perception of rejection and can be utilized alongside medical treatments for women with multiple sclerosis.
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 |