comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on quality of life and parent-child relationship in women with generalized anxiety disorder

Background: there is a growing body of literature on the effectiveness of second and third wave psychotherapies for treating generalized anxiety disorder. objectives: the aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive- behavior (cbt) group therapy (borkovec model) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) on quality of life and parent-child relationship in generalized anxiety disorder (gad) among female participants. methods: a semi experimental design using pre and post-test and a four-month follow up was used. the statistical population comprised of females with generalized anxiety disorder, whohad at least one primary school-aged daughter in the first and third district of tehran. the sample consisted of 36 females with gad. participants’ selection was based on availability and they were assigned randomly to 2 groups of cbt and mbct. the research was conducted in the first half of 2014. the following measurement tools were used, gad-7 questionnaire, world health o quality of life scale (who-qol bref), and parent child relationship scale (cprs). data were analyzed via repeated measures analysis of variance test. results: although the results showed efficacy of cbt and mbct after the intervention and during follow up (p < 0.001), there were no significant differences in quality of life and parent-child relationship between the two groups (p > 0.05). conclusions: it could be inferred from the results that mbct could be utilized similar to cbt as an effective treatment in adjunct to pharmacotherapy for females with gad.