Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Dark Personality Traits and Experiential Avoidance in Individuals with Cardiovascular Diseases
Mostafa Soori, Majid Akhondzadeh, Parisa Ghorbani, Maryam Yazdani
Health Nexus 2023 DOI: 10.61838/kman.hn.1.3.13 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test and control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Individuals with cardiovascular diseases recruited from medical centers in Tehran |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) |
| Duration | 8 weekly 90-minute sessions |
| Measures | Dark Personality Traits Questionnaire, Bond et al. (2007) Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The authors report that eight weekly 90-minute MBCT sessions reduced dark personality traits and experiential avoidance in patients with cardiovascular disease compared with a no-intervention control group, and conclude that MBCT was effective for this population. |
Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on reducing dark personality traits and experiential avoidance in individuals with cardiovascular diseases. The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test and a control group. The sample included 30 individuals with cardiovascular diseases who were conveniently selected from medical centers in Tehran and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (15 participants each). The experimental group underwent 8 weekly 90-minute sessions of mindfulness-based interventions, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the Dark Personality Traits Questionnaire and the Bond et al. (2007) Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire, and hypotheses were tested using analysis of covariance. The study examined the effects of an 8-week mindfulness program on 30 patients with cardiovascular diseases. The results indicated that the reduction of dark personality traits and experiential avoidance was effective in individuals with cardiovascular diseases. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that MBCT was effective in reducing dark personality traits and experiential avoidance in individuals with cardiovascular diseases.
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 |