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Moradpour H, Akbari B, Mehrgan B. Studying the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Self-Control and Distress Tolerance in Adolescents with Risky Behaviors. MEJDS 2023; 13 :178-178
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Studying the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Self-Control and Distress Tolerance in Adolescents with Risky Behaviors
Hadiseh Moradpour1 , Bahman Akbari *2 , Batool Mehrgan3
1- PhD Student in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
2- Professor, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Islamic Science, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
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Background & Objectives: Adolescence is the most critical stage of life, with a higher tendency to engage in risky behaviors. Self–control is a self–regulation skill because it plays a prominent role in increasing people's ability to regulate their emotions and behavior in response to their needs and life problems. Also, distress tolerance is one of the critical psychological characteristics that needs attention in adolescents with risky behaviors. Mindfulness–Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is one of the treatments well–received in recent years, and the research background shows that it can affect the mentioned variables. However, its role in the sample group of adolescents with risky behaviors has not been well investigated, and the relevant studies are very few and limited. The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of MBSR on self–control and distress tolerance in adolescents with risky behaviors.
Methods: The present research method was quasi–experimental, employing a pretest–posttest and a two–month follow–up design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all male senior high school students in Rasht City, Iran, in 2023. A total of 30 qualified volunteers from this population were included in the study using the purposive sampling method, and they were assigned into MBSR and control groups (15 people in each group) using a random process. Iranian Adolescents Risk–Taking Scale (Zade Mohammadi et al., 2011), Self–control Scale (Tangney et al., 2004), and Distress Tolerance Scale (Simons & Gaher, 2005) were the instruments of research. To perform the therapeutic intervention, Kabat–Zinn's Mindfulness–Based Stress Reduction (1980) was implemented for the experimental group in 8 sessions. At the same time, the control group did not undergo any psychotherapy intervention. The research data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance, and the Bonferroni post hoc test was run in the SPSS26 software at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The results showed significant effects of time, group, and time and group interaction on the scores of self–control variables and distress tolerance (p<0.001). The comparison of the average scores of pretest with posttest and pretest with follow–up for the variables of self–control and distress tolerance in the experimental group was significant (p<0.001). Also, for self–control and distress tolerance variables, the lasting effect of mindfulness therapy based on stress reduction in the experimental group was confirmed in the follow–up (p=1.000).
Conclusion: This study shows that MBSR therapy is effective in increasing the self–control and distress tolerance of adolescents with risky behaviors. Therefore, counselors and therapists may use this treatment to improve these variables in mothers of adolescents with risky behaviors.

Keywords: Mindfulness–based stress reduction, Self–control, Distress tolerance, Adolescents, Risky behaviors
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