The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Cognitive therapy on Schema fectiveness / shame, rumination and social isolation of women perfectionist

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Cognitive therapy on Schema fectiveness/shame, rumination and social isolation of perfectionist women in Gorgan in 1395.The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design.To this end, 60 individuals with qualitative criteria who were referred to the Sirjandian Psychology Institute in Gorgan to receive counseling services were selectedand randomly assigned in order two groups of experimental (30 people) and control(30 people). Terry and shortsperfectionism questionnaires, Nalen and Hoeksma rumination questionnaires, Russell social isolation inventory and Yang's early maladaptive Schema questionnaire were performed before and after treatment.Participants in the experimental group were trained in groups of 8 sessions of 90 minutes. One-way covariance analysis a were used for data analysis. The results of this study showed that Mindfulness-based Cognitive therapy has modulated the defect/ shame schema, reduced rumination and social isolation in the experimental group in the post-test.It seems that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy has had a beneficial effect in reducing perfectionism.