The effect of Cognetive Therapy based on Mindfulness (MBCT) on irrational beliefs and resilience of addicts

Objective Addiction can affect the psychological characteristics of addicted people such as irrational beliefs and their resilience. Therefore, any intervention that can affect the above variables and improve them, will create better conditions for the psychological state of addicts. In this regard, the present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on irrational beliefs and resilience in addicts. Method The present study was semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with unbalanced control group. The statistical population of the study included all addicts aged 18-65 years who referred to addiction treatment clinics in Tehran. By available non-random sampling method 40people were selected and randomly replaced in the experimental group and the control group. First, a pretest was performed on both groups. Then the experimental group was exposed to 12 sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy based on the protocol of Tizdel et al. (2000; quoted by Younesi and Rahimian Booger, 2007) but the control group did not receive any treatment program after the pre-test. Finally, post-test was performed for both groups. The research data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that treatment (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy) leads to the improvement of irrational beliefs and resilience of addicts. Conclusion: According to the research findings, it seems that mindfulness-based cognition therapy as a therapeutic method can play an effective role in improving resilience and irrational beliefs of Results: The results of descriptive statistics, multivariate covariance analysis showed that Cognitive Therapy based on Mind fullness (MBCT) leads to improvement of irrational beliefs and resiliency of addicted Conclusion The results of the present study showed that cognetive therapy based on mindfulness has been effective in improving resilience and irrational beliefs. The findings of the present study indicate the importance of MBCT. In fact, using these method has been able to provide addicts with a positive attitude towards the environment and basically improve their knowledge of the environment. On the other hand, it should be noted that these addicts had found a positive attitude and knowledge about their abilities. in the early stages through cognitive therapy, which could be effective in increasing their mental health. Thus, it can be acknowledged that cognitive-behavioral therapies can be considered as a useful treatment by psychologists and counselors and can be a complementary aspect of drug therapy in improving psychological problems associated with addiction. In this study, this method of the intervention was performed by the researcher and this issue may have caused the researcher individual bias. Due to the fact that it was not possible for all addicts to participate in this study, the sample was limited to female addicts in Tehran; Therefore, care must be taken in generalizing the results.