The Effectiveness of Mindfulness on Sleep Quality and Loneliness in the Elderly

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Hossein Mehdian ¹ , Azam Alidadian ² , Nabiullah Rezaee ³ , Mehdi Bagherian ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd Branch, Bojnourd, Iran
2 - Master of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd Branch, Bojnourd, Iran
3 - PhD student in Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, Roodehen, Iran
4 - Graduate of Master of Management, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2017-09-18 Accepted : 2017-11-16 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: loneliness, Sleep Quality, mindfulness,

Abstract :

Purpose: Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on sleep quality and loneliness of the elderly in Bojnourd in 2016-2017. Method: The present study was applied in terms of quantitative method and in terms of data collection among quasi-experimental studies with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included 150 elderly people in Bojnourd, 40 of whom were selected by convenience sampling. For data collection, Dehshiri et al. (2008) Loneliness Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale (1989) were used. Mindfulness training sessions taken from the training package of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Bowen, Chaula and Marlat, 2011) were conducted in 8 2-hour sessions for the experimental group. Data analysis was analyzed at both descriptive and inferential levels using SPSS software. findings: The results showed that mindfulness training had a significant effect on sleep quality and loneliness in the elderly. Conclusion: In mindfulness exercises, thoughts and feelings are not denied or suppressed, but these thoughts and feelings are observed and observed non-judgmentally from moment to moment as they occur until they enter the realm. Be aware. Mindfulness creates lasting peace alongside current experiences