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Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

The Spiritual Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Therapy on Spontaneous Negative Thoughts and Irritability in People with Social Anxiety

Authors
Mina MahmoudiTabar 1
Ashkan Alimohammadi 2
Leila Kordi Borujen 1
Fatemeh Pirzadeh 1
Feraydoon AhmadiPour 1
Mehrab Jafari 1
Farzaneh Salehi 1
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Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the 
"effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress therapy on 
spontaneous negative thoughts and irritability in people with 
social anxiety. This research is a quasi-experimental pre-test 
post-test with a control group.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of this 
study included all patients with social anxiety and was about 
300 people who referred to Masih, Behravan and Panah 
counseling centers located in Ahwaz and Izeh in the first six 
months of 1400 and were referred for group treatment. Based 
on previous research, 40 patients with social anxiety were 
selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned 
to two groups of control and experimental (20 in the 
experimental group and 20 in the control group). The research 
instruments include Holon and Kendall (1980) Negative 
Spontaneous Thoughts Questionnaire and Crick, Heitan, 
Markova and Brius (2006) Irritability Questionnaire. 
Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to 
analyze the data. Based on the comparison of pre-test and posttest between the two groups.
Findings: Findings showed that mindfulness-based stress 
therapy has a significant effect on spontaneous negative 
thoughts and irritability in people with social anxiety with P≤
0/05 .
Conclusion: We conclude that the therapeutic agent has made 
this difference, in other words, the mindfulness-based stress 
therapy has improved spontaneous negative thoughts and 
irritability
Keywords
Mindfulness-Based Stress therapy
Spontaneous Negative Thoughts
Irritability
Social