The effect of mindfulness therapy group that is based on reducing stress on coping styles and resilience of women who are effected by domestic violence

The purpose of this study was evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy group based on reducing stress on coping styles and resilience damaged women of domestic violence. This study was conducted in a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and control group. The population included all damaged women of domestic violence in Qazvin. 30 damaged women of domestic violence were selected using voluntary sampling and diagnosis of Qazvin's forensics in areas that are under supervision of welfare and then they were randomly assainged to experimental and control groups. The participants in the experimental group received a stress reduction treatment program based on mindfulness, and the participants control group not received treatment. The participants completed Lazarus and Folkman Coping Styles and Cannor Psychological Resilience Questionnaires in pre-test, and post-test. Stage. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis statistical method. The results showed that controlling the pre-test effect, there aree a significant difference between the mean post-test scores of the experimental and the control groups in coping styles and resilienc variable According to the results, we can say that mindfulness therapy group based on reducing stress has effect on increasing resilience and problem-oriented coping strategies and reducing emotional coping strategies in women damaged of domestic violence.