Efficacy of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT): On anger reduction in drug addicts

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Bahman Akbari (Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran)
Hadi Moradi, Azadeh Darwishnia, Parisa Izadirad and Orkideh Alijani (Department Clinical Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran)
Samira Safdari (Department of General Psychology, Young Researchers Club, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of “mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on anger reduction in drug addicts”. The population consisted of 150 patients were referred to drug addiction clinic in Tonokabon city. Among them the scores of 102 persons were on top of cut-off point in implemented questionnaire (anger). Then, 30 were randomly selected and were assigned into two control and test groups. The research design was experimental and of pre-test and post-test with control group. After random selection of experimental and control groups, first pre-test was conducted for both. Then experimental intervention (mindfulness based cognitive therapy) was presented to test group. Following the end of treatment program the post-test was taken. Finally, the results of analyzing data by multivariate covariance method (Mancova) have shown that the hypothesis is confirmed.