Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of emotion-oriented therapy and mindfulness therapy based on the activation of spiritual-Islamic schemas on resilience and self-control. The current research is part of the semi-experimental designs with pre-test-post-test-follow-up of three groups.
Materials and Methods: socio-statistics of the present study, all couples had a child with a mental, physical-motor or mental and physical-motor disability who was covered by the welfare organization and had a file in the Life plus welfare service center of Khansar and lived in Khansar city in 1401 . In order to form three groups using the purposeful sampling method (taking into account the entry and exit criteria), first 46 people were selected and then randomly 16 people (8 couples) were in the first test group and 16 people were in the second test group and 16 people were grouped in the control group. The three groups that were formed in this way were similar and the dependent variables were measured for both experimental groups at the same time. Also, the follow-up phase was performed three months after the post-test on all three groups. The research tools included Tanji's self-control questionnaire (2004) and Connor-Davidson's resilience questionnaire (2003). The data of the research were analyzed using repeated measurement analysis of variance test.
Findings: The results of data analysis showed that mindfulness therapy and emotional therapy are effective compared to the control group (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Therefore, there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy based on the activation of spiritual-Islamic schema and emotion-focused therapy (EFCT) on increasing resilience and self-control.