Journal of North Khorasan

Background & Objectives: The purpose of present study was examination of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) effects on depression and anxiety in female adolescents with divorced parents in Bojnurd.

Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was done with the design of pretest, posttest, and control groups. The study population included 19 junior high schools in which a cluster of 4 schools has been chosen. Then 50 out of 67 female adolescents with the age range of 12-14 with divorced parents in the range of 4 schools has been randomly selected based on Krejcie-Morgan’s sampling table. Then, they were randomly divided into two groups of experimental (25 people) and control group (25 people). Hamilton depression and Spielberger scale were used to collect data. Intervention procedures were performed according to the guidelines of Kabat Zinn meetings of mindfulness. Data analyzing was done via statistical approaches of Geruf Clomot test, independentt-test, Levin test, and covariance analysis using the 17 SPSS software.

Results: The results showed that cognitive therapy with mindfulness approach significantly reduced depression and anxiety scores in the experimental group in comparison with the control group..

Conclusion: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effects on depression and anxiety in female adolescents with divorced parents.