effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention in distress tolerance and sensation-seeking in adolescents with a drug-addicted parent

Background: substance abuse of a family member can be effective as an observational model regarding the tendency to substance abuse in other family members. the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (mbsr) intervention in distress tolerance and sensation-seeking in adolescents with an addicted parent in ahvaz.methods: this was a pre-test-post-test clinical trial study with a control group. the statistical population of the research comprised all adolescents with an addicted parent in ahvaz city, iran, in the school year 2019-2020. in this research, 30 adolescents with an addicted parent were selected through convenience sampling and equally divided into experimental and control groups (n=15). the distress tolerance scale and the sensation-seeking questionnaire were used to collect data. the experimental group underwent mbsr intervention for eight 60-minute sessions. the control group received no intervention. the data were analyzed using analysis of covariance through spss software, version 23.results: the results suggested that mbsr was effective in increasing distress tolerance and reducing sensation seeking of adolescents with an addicted parent in ahvaz (p<0.001).conclusion: accordingly, this treatment can be used to reduce distress and sensation seeking in adolescents with an addicted parent and decrease their stress.