Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 4

Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on Self-Efficacy Enhancement of the War Wounded

  • Author:
  • Abbas Kalantar1, Mohammad Ebrahim Hokmabadi2,, Mohammad Javad Asghari Ebrahimabad3, Sepideh Rezapoor Lakani4, Hossein Khosroshahi5, Shamim Razaghi Kashani6, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian Farahi7
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 271 to 276

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

The study was conducted to investigate effectiveness of mindfulness based on cognitive therapy (MBCT) on self-efficacy enhancement of the war wounded.

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 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.

Findings of the research confirmed that mindfulness based on cognitive therapy causes enhancement in self-efficacy of the war wounded.

Keywords

Self-efficacy, mindfulness based cognitive therapy, the war wounded