The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on irrational beliefs and parent-child relationship in parents uncompromising divorce applicants

This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training on irrational beliefs and parent-child relationships in parents uncompromising divorce applicants. The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population included all couples uncompromising divorce who were referred to counseling centers in Mashhad in the second half of 2021. The research sample consisted of 40 people who were selected by the available sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 20 experimental and control. Data collection tools included the child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS, Pianta, 1992) and the Irrational Beliefs Test - Ahvaz (4IBT-A, Ebadi and Motamedin, 2005). For the experimental group, eight 90-minute sessions were provided with one week of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS software version 22. Findings showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training on reducing irrational beliefs and improving parent-child relationships in parents' uncompromising divorce Undefined had an effect (P<0.01). Based on these findings, it can be concluded that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training is effective in reducing irrational beliefs and improving the parent-child relationship in parents' uncompromising divorce.