Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training on Rumination, Problem-Solving Styles, and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Persons with Depression

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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness training on rumination, problem-solving styles, and cognitive emotion regulation persons with depression.The research method was pre-test and post-test with control group. From among 70 volunteer students of Payam Noor University of Dehdasht, according to the criteria for entering the research, 20 female students whose depression scores were in the depression test of Beck of 15 and over, were selected and randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. Both groups filled out the Beck Depression Inventory, and Rumination Response scale and Cassidy and Long Problem-Solving Style Inventory and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire in the pretest and posttest stages. The experimental group received 8 training sessions of mindfulness whereas the control group received no treatment. Results of analysis of the co-variance indicated that the experimental group scored lower on depression, rumination, inefficient problem-solving styles and cognitive emotion regulation. Furthermore, the experimental group scored higher on efficient problem solving styles, compatible cognitive emotion regulation as compared with the control group. In conclusion, result showed that mindfulness training can help with the reduction of depression, rumination, and improve problem-solving styles and cognitive‎ emotion regulation.

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