The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Art Therapy on Anxiety and Emotion Regulation in Female Nurses with Anxiety Symptoms in Ahvaz

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA student in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, School of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the mindfulness-based art therapy on the regulation of emotion and anxiety in nursing women with anxiety symptoms in Ahvaz city. The present study was a qusi- experimental study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included all nurses with anxiety symptoms in hospitals affiliated to Jundishapur Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences during 2020-2021. By using a convenience sampling method, 24 subjects with anxiety scores between 16 and 25 were selected and divided into two groups of 12 controls and experimentals. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) were used collect data. Both groups were evaluated by research tools three times before, after and 2 months follow-up. The collected data analyzed by using multivariate covarance analyzing and SPSS-23 software. Considering the efficacy of Mindfulness Based on art therapy on Emotion regulation and anxiety, we suggested that this treatment with other treatment operate for Nursing women anxious.

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  • Receive Date: 31 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 31 August 2023
  • Accept Date: 07 September 2023

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