The effect of mindfulness training on reducing couple burnout of addict’s wife

Autor: Reza Ghasemi Jobaneh, Alimohammad Nazari, Bagher Sanai Zaker
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Research & Health, Vol 8, Iss 6, Pp 506-512 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2423-5717
Popis: Addiction can cause many problems for the addict and family, so that the addict's family suffers from more problems. Addicts’ wife suffer more psychological and marital problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness training on reducing couple burnout of addict’s wife. The study was quasi-experimental that used the pretest-posttest whit control group. The population of this study was consisted the addicts’ wife referring to the addiction treatment centers of Rasht city, Iran. 20 persons were assigned into experimental and control groups by using random sampling method (n=10). The experimental group participated in 8 sessions of mindfulness training and control group received no intervention. The data collected through Pines’ Couple Burnout Measure (CBM). The results showed that there was significant differences between the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental group so mindfulness training could significantly reduce the couple burnout out of addict’s wife. Thus, interventions based on this approach lead to decrease the marital problems of these women.
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