Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy based on mindfulness on the quality of life, anger, and rumination of students. The present study was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included female students aged 18 to 40 at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2024. The research sample consisted of 30 people who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). The measurement tools included the rumination-reflection questionnaire of Trapnell and Campbell (1999, PRQ), the state-trait anger expression inventory of Spielberger (1999, STAXI-2), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (1996, WHOQOL-BREF). The experimental group underwent schema therapy based on mindfulness during 8 sessions of 90 minutes once a week, and the control group did not receive any therapeutic intervention. Multivariate analysis of the covariance test was used for analysis. The results showed that by controlling the pre-test effect, there was a significant difference between the post-test mean of quality of life, anger, and rumination in the two experimental and control groups at the 0/01 level. The findings of this research showed that schema therapy based on mindfulness was effective in increasing the quality of life and reducing anger and rumination in students.