The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Techniques Training on Life Orientation, Life Satisfaction, and Acceptance and Action in Addicted Women Undergoing Rehabilitation

Aim and Background: This study was performed to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness techniques training on life orientation, life satisfaction, and acceptance and action in addicted women undergoing rehabilitation. Methods and Materials: The present study was a semi-experimental research with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of this study included all addicted women who had undergone detoxification and at the time of the study were undergoing rehabilitation in the Parastoo Center in Najafabad, Iran. A total of 24 subjects were selected through convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups (n = 12). The experimental group received 8 sessions of mindfulness techniques training over 2 months and each session lasted 2 hours, whereas the control group only received routine rehabilitation training. Both experimental and control groups completed the Life Orientation Test (LOT), Satisfaction with Life Scale, (SWLS) and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II) before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Findings: The controlling of pretest scores showed a significant difference between the groups in terms of the average scores of life orientation, life satisfaction, and acceptance and action in the posttest stage (P < 0.0001). Conclusions: It can be concluded that mindfulness techniques training had had a meaningful effect on the improvement of life orientation, life satisfaction, and acceptance and action. Thus, it can be used as an appropriate intervention in the treatment of addicted women undergoing rehabilitation.