The effectiveness of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on quality of life, happiness and social selfefficacy in cancer patients

The aim of this research was the study of effectiveness of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on quality of life, happiness and social self-efficacy in cancer patients. This research was kind of semi-experimental with pretest and posttest with control group. The research population was composed of all patients were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital that 30 patients selected by inconvenient method and assigned randomly in experimental and control groups. Research tools included Ouality of Life Questionnaire-Brief Form (WHO, 1998), Axford Happiness Inventory (Argyle & Lu, 1990), Social Self-efficacy Scale (Smith & Betz, 2000) and intervention method of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (Kabat-Zinn, 2002). For analyzing data was used of covariance analysis. The research results indicated that quality of life and it`s components, happiness, and social self-efficacy had significant increase in posttest (p<0,01) in patients. According to the research results, exhibiting educational workshops is recommended for enhancing quality of life, happiness and social self-efficacy in cancer patients in Tehran city and Iran other cities.