Evaluation of effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction model on Positive and Negative Affects and Depression syndrome

Due to the importance of negative depression syndrome and negative affects in psychological well-being, the aim of the present study was to determineý ýthe effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction model on Positive and Negative Affects and reducing the Depression syndrome in a non-clinical population.
The present research was a quasi-experimental study. The statistical population included all female undergraduate students studying in all faculties of Shahed University of Tehran. Having selecting eligible participants, they were categorized into two groups randomly: mindfulness-based stress reduction group (11 people) and control group (9 people). Experimental group participated in the course which was hold at the faculty of Humanities of Shahed University for two months from November to January (eight sessions) , while the control group did not receive training at all. The two groups received two questionnaires before and after their training, i.e., Beck Depression Inventory (II) and Positive and Negative Affect scale (PANAS). The acquired data were analyzed using U Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests via SPSS software.
Resuls: Using therapy pattern of mindfulness-based stress reduction results in reducing Depression syndrome and negative affects levels in experimental group compared to control group but do not make change iný ýPositive affectý ýlevel participants. Therefore, This therapeutic pattern can be applicable in studentsý ýand non-clinical populations, while using clinical precautions.
According to our findings, mindfulness-based stress reduction model proved to be effective in reducingý ýDepression syndrome and Negative Affects in non-clinical populations.