The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Model on Improving Intimate Attitudes and Elderly Depression

Document Type : Original Article

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1 آزاد

2 Assistant Professor Department of Counseling Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences Allameh Tabataba'i University

3 Associate Professor-Allameh Tabataba;i University

Abstract

Elderly is the last period of life in which people are at higher risks of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental damages compared to other lifelong periods. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness model on improving intimate attitudes and depression in the elderly in 2019.It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this study included all the elderly living in Tehran in 2019. Thirty people were selected by convenience sampling method along with entrance criteria to the study and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Then, the intervention (Mindfulness Model) was implemented on the experimental group during eight 90-minute sessions. Data collection tools in this study were the Intimate Attitude Systems (IAS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13). Finally, the collected data were analyzed by SPSS software in two levels of descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance).The findings of the present study showed the effective role of mindfulness model in improving intimate attitudes and decreasing depression severity (P<0.05).According to the results of the present study, it can be concluded that this educational model can be used as an effective model in counseling and psychotherapy centers (especially active centers in the elderly homes) to improve the elderly intimate attitudes and decrease their severity of depression. 

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  • Receive Date: 05 March 2020
  • Revise Date: 29 June 2020
  • Accept Date: 02 July 2020

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