Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the
effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy and emotionoriented cognitive therapy on cognitive integration and
thought control in autoimmune patients.
Materials and Methods: The research method was applied in
terms of purpose and unbalanced in terms of experimental
nature with pre-test-post-test design with control group. The
statistical population included all autoimmune patients in
Tehran who referred to medical centers in Tehran in 1398.
Using the available sampling method, 45 autoimmune patients
in Tehran were considered as the sample size. This number of
samples was randomly divided into two experimental groups
(15 people in experimental group 1 and 15 people in
experimental group 2) and a control group (15 people). The
instruments used were Gilanders’ cognitive fusion
questionnaire, Bowaderstone, Bond and Dempster (2010),
Wells, and Davis' mind control questionnaire. Data were
analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Findings: Finally, the findings showed that the two therapies
of mindfulness and cognitive-emotional are effective on
cognitive fusion and cognitive failure. According to the means
of emotion-oriented methodology more than cognitive method
on cognitive fusion, Excitatory methodology was more
effective on cognitive failure than mindfulness, Also, two
therapies of mindfulness and emotional cognition were
effective in distraction, worry, social control, punishment and
re-evaluation which are the components of thought control.
Conclusion: Emotional methodology was more effective than
mindfulness in the components of distraction and social
control; while mindfulness therapy was more effective than
anxiety-cognitive therapy on the components of anxiety,
punishment and re-evaluation.