Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis affects physical and mental health; it brings psychological consequences such as dysfunctions in emotion regulation and cognitive-executive functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MB...

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Main Authors: Emad Alkasir, Abbas Masjedi-Arani, Fatemeh Jafarian Dehkordi, Amir Sam Kianimoghadam, Behrooz Afshari, Shafigheh Yousefi
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1917_23
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author Emad Alkasir
Abbas Masjedi-Arani
Fatemeh Jafarian Dehkordi
Amir Sam Kianimoghadam
Behrooz Afshari
Shafigheh Yousefi
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description BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis affects physical and mental health; it brings psychological consequences such as dysfunctions in emotion regulation and cognitive-executive functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a clinical trial with two intervention groups and one control group. The number of 96 patients referred to the rheumatology clinic was selected using random sampling and divided into two intervention groups and a control group. In this study, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Stroop task, Tower of London task, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Task were used at baseline, posttest, and follow-up. Data were analyzed by SPSS22 using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measurements. RESULTS: The findings showed that MBSR and CBT have significant effects on mindfulness (P > 001), emotion regulation (P > 001), and cognitive-executive functions (P > 001). Specifically, MBSR led to greater improvements in emotion regulation and mindfulness, while CBT led to greater improvement in cognitive-executive functions. CONCLUSION: MBSR and CBT can be used as effective treatments to improve emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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spelling doaj-art-491da3d8996946228c79ef89b6add9fb2025-08-20T02:11:55ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312319-64402025-03-01141999910.4103/jehp.jehp_1917_23Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritisEmad AlkasirAbbas Masjedi-AraniFatemeh Jafarian DehkordiAmir Sam KianimoghadamBehrooz AfshariShafigheh YousefiBACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis affects physical and mental health; it brings psychological consequences such as dysfunctions in emotion regulation and cognitive-executive functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a clinical trial with two intervention groups and one control group. The number of 96 patients referred to the rheumatology clinic was selected using random sampling and divided into two intervention groups and a control group. In this study, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Stroop task, Tower of London task, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Task were used at baseline, posttest, and follow-up. Data were analyzed by SPSS22 using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measurements. RESULTS: The findings showed that MBSR and CBT have significant effects on mindfulness (P > 001), emotion regulation (P > 001), and cognitive-executive functions (P > 001). Specifically, MBSR led to greater improvements in emotion regulation and mindfulness, while CBT led to greater improvement in cognitive-executive functions. CONCLUSION: MBSR and CBT can be used as effective treatments to improve emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1917_23cognitive-behavioral therapycognitive-executive functionsemotion regulationmindfulnessmindfulness-based stress reduction
spellingShingle Emad Alkasir
Abbas Masjedi-Arani
Fatemeh Jafarian Dehkordi
Amir Sam Kianimoghadam
Behrooz Afshari
Shafigheh Yousefi
Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
cognitive-behavioral therapy
cognitive-executive functions
emotion regulation
mindfulness
mindfulness-based stress reduction
title Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
title_full Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
title_fullStr Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
title_short Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
title_sort comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction versus cognitive behavioral therapy on emotion regulation mindfulness and cognitive executive functions in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis
topic cognitive-behavioral therapy
cognitive-executive functions
emotion regulation
mindfulness
mindfulness-based stress reduction
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1917_23
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