Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

The effect of group training of mindfulness-based cognition approach on anger reduction in female psychology students of Azad University of Behbahan

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Khosrow Behrang 1
Ayatollah Karimi Baghmalek 2
Najmeh Baradaranzad 2
Zohreh Mohammadi 2
1 MA. student in consultancy, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Farhangian University of Iran, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2016.7833
Abstract
Introduction: The effect of group training of mindfulness-based cognition approach on anger reduction of female psychology students of Azad University of Behbahan were studied in this research.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of the study included female students of Azad University psychology of Behbahan and its statistical sample included 30 students who were selected for available sampling in experimental and control groups in 2015. The measured tool in this study is Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Then the experimental intervention (group training of mindfulness-based cognition approach) was applied to the experimental group in 8 sessions. In order to analyze the data, in addition to descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation, inferential statistics methods like multivariate covariance were used.
Results:The results of analysis showed that the group training of mindfulness-based cognition approach caused female psychology students anger reduction in the experimental group compared to the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion: It seems that the group training of mindfulness-based cognition approach can reduce anger.
Keywords
Anger
Cognitive
Mindfulness
Students
Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 18, Special Issue
November and December 2016
Pages 401-408