Effect of mindfulness on psychological distress, emotion regulation and marital satisfaction

• Fatemeh Forouzesh Yekta, Hamid Yaghubi, Fereshteh Mootabi, Rasol Roshan, Mohammad Gholami Fesharaki, Abdollah Omidi Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of medical sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to study the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on psychological distress, emotion regulation and enhancement of marital satisfaction in women via the quasi-experimental method with pretest-posttest-follow up design with the control group. Results demonstrated that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program had an influence on the improvement of psychological distress (F=8.65, p<0.01), emotion regulation (F=31.39, p<0.0001) and marital satisfaction (F=19.92, p<0.0001) in married women. In conclusion, Mindfulness training may have beneficial effects for couple therapy and relationship enhancement as well as the psychological distress and emotion regulation.