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Khatereh Faqirzada; Fateme Dehghani-Arani
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Objective: The research explores the effectiveness of mindfulness training on executive functions in professional bodybuilders with physical injuries, with a focus on its impact on reducing mental rumination. The study investigates how mindfulness may influence cognitive functions and whether this ...
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Objective: The research explores the effectiveness of mindfulness training on executive functions in professional bodybuilders with physical injuries, with a focus on its impact on reducing mental rumination. The study investigates how mindfulness may influence cognitive functions and whether this influence is mediated by a decrease in mental rumination among the athletes. Method: he research is an applied semi-experimental study employing a randomized controlled trial design. It focuses on professional bodybuilders with physical injuries in Tehran, with a final sample of 40 participants. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Both groups completed pretests, and the experimental group received a 12-session mindfulness program while the control group had no intervention. Posttests were administered to both groups. Executive Function Questionnaire (EFQ), Ruminative Response Styles (RRS), and a Mindfulness Program Protocol were utilized as research tools. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used for data analysis, and path analysis assessed the mediating role of rumination in the intervention's effectiveness on executive functions. Results: Results Summary: After adjusting for pretest differences, there was a significant reduction in posttest rumination scores in the experimental group compared to the control group (P < 0.01, F = 37.14), with 28% of the changes attributed to the intervention. Mindfulness intervention effectively decreased rumination (P < 0.01). Moreover, 79% of the changes in posttest scores of executive functions were linked to the intervention. Significant differences in posttest scores were observed in overall executive functions (P < 0.01, F = 31.38), memory (P < 0.01, F = 31.52), inhibitory control and selective attention (P < 0.01, F = 31.69), and decision-making (P < 0.01, F = 31.28). No significant differences were found in planning, sustained attention, social cognition, and cognitive flexibility (P > 0.05). The effect size indicated that 28% of changes in executive functions, 63% in memory, 77% in inhibitory control and selective attention, and 48% in decision-making were due to the intervention. Path analysis showed significant coefficients for the influence of the mindfulness program on executive functions, memory, inhibitory control, and decision-making. Rumination played a mediating role in the effectiveness of the mindfulness program on executive functions. Conclusion: Mindfulness-based therapy effectively reduces cognitive distortions in professional bodybuilder athletes with physical injuries. By cultivating awareness through deep breathing and thoughtful attention, the therapy enhances mental well-being. The study highlights the mediating role of cognitive distortions in the effectiveness of mindfulness on executive functions. This suggests that mindfulness intervention positively influences executive functions by mitigating cognitive distortions. The findings advocate for the incorporation of mindfulness programs in sports psychology and therapy centers to enhance athletes' mental health.
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Arash Lotfi Kangarshahi; Fateme dehghani Arani; Reza Rostami; Seyede Hale Ashrat Talesh; Maryam Abolhasani
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Objective: Obesity as a metabolical disorder is the origin of some health problems such as cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was comparing efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on activity and weight in obese individuals with cardiovascular ...
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Objective: Obesity as a metabolical disorder is the origin of some health problems such as cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was comparing efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on activity and weight in obese individuals with cardiovascular disease. Method: The design of this semi-experimental research was pre/posttest with control group. Statistical population included all obese patients with cardiovascular disease referred to Sina clinic hospital in Tehran. 45 patients were selected by convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned into three groups. First group received CBT, second group received MBCT and third group considered as control group. Baecke habitual physical activity questionnaire and body mass index (BMI) were used as research tools. Mixed analysis of variance method was used for analyzing. .Result: Results indicated the significant effect of within subject factors in BMI and activity in leisure time, but in between subject factors groups has significant difference only in activity in leisure time, so that CBT and MBCT groups got higher scores in this variable. Conclusion: Based on results of this study, it can be said that CBT and MBCT can lead to increase activity in patients with obesity and cardiovascular diseases by changing the life style and cognitions.
Fatemeh Dehgani Arani; Mohammad Ali Beshart
Volume 3, Issue 12 , December 2015, , Pages 42-57
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Objective: Pediatric disease affects the health condition of their mothers. The present study conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of a mother-child attachment-based intervention on health indices in mothers of children with a chronic disease. Method: Method of the present study was ...
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Objective: Pediatric disease affects the health condition of their mothers. The present study conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of a mother-child attachment-based intervention on health indices in mothers of children with a chronic disease. Method: Method of the present study was experimental with a pre/post-test design. The subjects were twenty-two mothers who volunteered for this randomized controlled trial and had a child undergoing medical treatment for their chronic disease. After being evaluated by a battery of questionnaires that included Parenting Stress Index (PSI; Abidin, 1990) and 28-form General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28; Goldberg & Hillier, 1979) mothers were paired on the basis of health subscales scores, age, the number of family children, and the kind of their child’s disease. Each one of paired mothers was then randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group. Mothers in experimental group received ten sessions of mother-child attachment-based intervention over a 5-weeks period with their children. Meanwhile, mothers and children in control group received 10 simple conversational sessions without any psychological intervention, as a dummy intervention. Both groups were evaluated again after completing their respective treatment regimens. Results: Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed significant differences between two groups after treatment and revealed significant changes in mothers’ health indices including competency, social isolation, attachment to child, health, physical syndrome, anxiety and depression, in experimental group in pre-post-treatment stages comparison. Conclusion: It can be concluded that mother-child attachment-based intervention would improve quality of health in mothers of children with chronic disease.
