The effect of mindfulness training on reducing couple burnout of addict’s wife
Reza Ghasemi Jobaneh, Alimohammad Nazari, Bagher Sanai Zaker
Journal of Research and Health October 1, 2018 DOI: 10.29252/jrh.8.6.506 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 20 |
| Population | Wives of men with addiction who were referred to addiction treatment centers in Rasht, Iran |
| Intervention | Mindfulness training |
| Duration | 8 sessions |
| Measures | Pines' Couple Burnout Measure (CBM) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 6 |
| Key findings | The authors report that eight sessions of mindfulness training significantly reduced couple burnout among wives of men with addiction, with a significant difference between the experimental group's pretest and posttest scores. They conclude that interventions based on this approach may decrease marital problems in these women. |
Abstract
Addiction can cause many problems for the addict and family, so that the addict's family suffers from more problems.Addicts' wife suffer more psychological and marital problems.The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness training on reducing couple burnout of addict's wife.The study was quasiexperimental that used the pretest-posttest whit control group.The population of this study was consisted the addicts' wife referring to the addiction treatment centers of Rasht city, Iran.20 persons were assigned into experimental and control groups by using random sampling method (n=10).The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of mindfulness training and control group received no intervention.The data collected through Pines' Couple Burnout Measure (CBM).The results showed that there was significant differences between the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental group so mindfulness training could significantly reduce the couple burnout out of addict's wife.Thus, interventions based on this approach lead to decrease the marital problems of these women.
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
Cited by 2
- The effect of mindfulness training on resilience and decision-making strategy in women with unwanted pregnancy (a quasi-experimental study). BMC Psychology December 23, 2025
- Investigating the impact of modified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on occupational burnout and other mental health status among nonmedical staff in a hospital: a randomized controlled trial. International archives of occupational and environmental health December 2022