Is mindfulness a mediator factor in obsessive compulsive disorder?
Fatemeh Alem Dianati, Naeimeh Moheb, Shahrokh Amiri
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine December 24, 2016 DOI: 10.15171/jarcm.2016.033 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test study with control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder referring to psychiatry clinics of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) |
| Duration | 8 sessions |
| Measures | Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 4 |
| Key findings | The authors report that eight sessions of MBCT increased positive emotion-regulation strategies (positive reappraisal, positive refocusing, planning, putting into perspective) and decreased negative strategies (self-blame, blaming others, catastrophizing, rumination, acceptance) in patients with OCD, with differences reported as statistically significant (P<0.05). They conclude that MBCT training can increase positive emotion-regulation strategies. |
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on positive reappraisal in patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Methods: The research design was quasi-experimental of pre-test and post-test type with control group. The statistical population of present study involved all patients referring to psychiatry clinics of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences who received obsessive-compulsive disorders diagnosis. Thirty available patients were selected that filled cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ) after being randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group attended 8 sessions of MBCT. The cognitive emotional regulation questioner was administered after completion of the sessions and data of both states (before and after sessions) were collected and analyzed using covariance analysis test.
Results: The MBCT was effective in increasing positive strategies (positive reappraisal, positive refocusing, planning, putting into perspective) and decreasing negative strategies (self-blame, blaming others, catastrophizing, rumination, and acceptance) in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (P<0.05).
Conclusion: This study indicated that it is possible to increase positive strategies of emotion regulation through training MBCT.
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
Cites 9
- The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003
- Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica April 28, 2011
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Relation to Quality of Life, Mood, Symptoms of Stress, and Immune Parameters in Breast and Prostate Cancer Outpatients Psychosomatic Medicine July 1, 2003
- A randomized pilot study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and group cognitive-behavioral therapy for young adults with social phobia. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology October 2010
- The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on recurrence of depressive episodes, mental health and quality of life: A randomized controlled study. Behaviour Research and Therapy April 18, 2010
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