The Effectiveness of Mindfulness on the Reduction of Anxiety and Depression of Divorced Women

This aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of mindfulness on the reduction of anxiety and depression in the divorced women of Ahvaz city. The study sample has included 30 divorced women that have been randomly selected. The subjects have been randomly divided into the control and study groups. The measurement tools in this study were: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). This study is experimental with pretest, posttest and control group. The study group has been exposed to 8 sessions of mindfulness training that every session has lasted for 2 hours, after that the posttest has been conducted on both the control and study groups. The analysis of data by the using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with (?=0.05) level of significance has showed that mindfulness can reduce anxiety and depression in divorced women.