The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Quality of Life of Female-Headed Households

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

سجاد Basharpour ¹ (دانشیار روان‌شناسی دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی، اردبیل)
نسیم Mohammadi ² (کارشناسی ارشد مشاوره خانواده، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی)
سارا Asadi Shishehgaran ³ (کارشناسی ارشد مشاوره خانواده، دانشگاه محقق اردبیلی)

Received: 2016-07-04 Accepted : 2017-08-21 Published : 2017-07-23

Keywords: Quality of life, Female-headed Households, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on the quality of life among female-headed households.The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design according to control group. The statistical population of this study comprised of wholewomen heads of households of Rasht city in the year of 2013-2014 (N=687). Among them thirty persons were selected randomly from this society assigned to two experimental (15 persons) and control groups (15 persons). in 8 sessions of mindfulness based stress reduction was been trained to the experimental group. Quality of Life Questionnaire was used for data gathering in pre and post test.The gathered data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Findings indicated that the research hypothesis related to effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on quality of life of female-headed householdshas been proven as female-headed households of experimental group in comparing to control group, obtained higher scores in quality of life. The results of this study shows that mindfulness based stress reduction is effective for quality of life in female-headed households,thunit can be used as useful method for improving the quality of life in  female-headed households.

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