Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on Self-Efficacy Enhancement of the War Wounded Kalantar Abbas1, Hokmabadi Mohammad Ebrahim2,*, Ebrahimabad Mohammad Javad Asghari3, Lakani Sepideh Rezapoor4, Khosroshahi Hossein5, Kashani Shamim Razaghi6, Farahi Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian7 1PhD Student in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 2PhD Student in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan 3Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 4PhD Student in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan 5PhD Student of Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan 6MA of Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran 7MA of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran *Corresponding Author: Mohammad Ebrahim Hokmabadi PhD Student in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran Email: Ebi.hokmabady@gmail.com
Online published on 5 May, 2018. Abstract Objective The study was conducted to investigate effectiveness of mindfulness based on cognitive therapy (MBCT) on self-efficacy enhancement of the war wounded. Method Design of the present study is quasi-experimental research method of the type of pretest-posttest design with group control. The sample population included 30 people of the war wounded residing in Mashhad city, 15 number of them were considered in mindfulness based cognitive therapy group and the other 15 subjects were considered in control group. Eight sessions of mindfulness based cognitive therapy were held for members of the group bearing this title, but no special intervention was considered for members of the control group. Before and after execution of the intervention, general self-efficacy questionnaires were completed by the sample group. Results Results of the covariance analysis indicated that in the post-test, self-efficacy scores of subjects of mindfulness based cognitive therapy group, compared to subjects of control group, have significantly increased. Conclusion Findings of the research confirmed that mindfulness based on cognitive therapy causes enhancement in self-efficacy of the war wounded. Top Keywords Self-efficacy, mindfulness based cognitive therapy, the war wounded. Top |