The Effectiveness of Cognition-based Mindfulness Therapy on Social Anxiety, Resilience and Emotion Regulation in Women Victims of Domestic Violence

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

mina taherifard ¹ , nilofar mikaeili ²

1 - mohaghegh
2 - هیئت علمی

Received: 2019-06-05 Accepted : 2019-06-05 Published : 2019-03-21

Keywords: resilience, Domestic violence, emotion regulation, Social anxiety, Cognition-based mindfulness therapy,

Abstract :

The women victims of domestic violence do not have a favorable situation in terms of psychological, emotional, marital and overall quality of  life. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate  the effectiveness of cognition-based mindfulness therapy on social anxiety, resilience and emotion regulation in women victims of domestic violence. During a pilot study, 32 women victims of domestic violence with social anxiety were selected by using available sampling. They were randomly placed in experimental (16) and control (16) groups. Therapeutic intervention was performed for eight sessions of 90 minutes on the experimental group, and the control group don’t have any training at this stage. The data were collected by questionnaires of domestic violence against women, emotional regulation, social anxiety and vibrational scales. Analysis of covariance showed that there is a significant difference between the mean post-test scores of the experimental and control groups. Cognition-based mindfulness therapy has reduced social anxiety, increased resilience and emotional adjustment in women victims of domestic violence. It seems that cognitive-mindedness has a useful effect on reducing the psychological and emotional problems in violent women. It is important to pay attention to this method of treatment for women victims of domestic violence