TY - JOUR JF - etiadpajohi JO - etiadpajohi VL - 15 IS - 59 PY - 2021 Y1 - 2021/4/01 TI - The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Sexual Desire and Sexual Arousal of Women with Drug Abuse TT - اثربخشی شناخت درمانی مبتنی بر ذهن آگاهی بر میل جنسی و برانگیختگی جنسی در زنان با سوء مصرف مواد مخدر N2 - Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on sexual desire and sexual arousal in women with drug abuse. Method: This present study is a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and follow up design with a control group. The statistical population consisted of all women with drug abuse referred to addiction treatment centers for women in Tehran in 2015. Among which, 28 individuals were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly placed into experimental (n=14) and control (n=14) groups. The instruments used in this study included the demographic questionnaire, the females' sexual function inventory, and the women’s sexual interest diagnostic interview. The mindfulness-based cognitive therapy package was taught to the experimental group for one month in eight 90-minute sessions (twice a week). Data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures. Results: The results showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy had significant effects on improving sexual desire and sexual arousal in women with drug abuse and these effects were stable in the follow-up phase. Conclusion: It seems that mindfulness along with other interventions such as medication and medical interventions can be effective in improving sexual desire and arousal in women with drug abuse. SP - 251 EP - 274 AU - Nowroozi Dashtaki, Mahin AU - Pour Ebrahim, Taghi AU - Habibi, Mojtaba AU - Imani, Said AD - Department of Counseling, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran KW - Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy KW - Drug abuse KW - Sexual desire KW - Sexual arousal UR - http://etiadpajohi.ir/article-1-2425-en.html DO - 10.52547/etiadpajohi.15.59.251 ER -