The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being, cognitive regulation of emotion, and cognitive flexibility in patients diagnosed with chronic depressive disorder. This research was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included all patients diagnosed with chronic depression hospitalized in the care centers for chronic mental patients in Mallard city, Tehran in 2018-2019, and 120 patients were selected using a random sampling method. The research tools included the Beck depression questionnaire, Baer et al.'s five-factor mindfulness questionnaire (2006), Dennis and Vanderwaal's cognitive flexibility questionnaire (2010), Garnevsky et al.'s cognitive regulation questionnaire (2001), and Riff's psychological well-being questionnaire. To analyze the data, Pearson's correlation test and step-by-step multiple regression were used by SPSS-21 software. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between the total of 5 factors of mindfulness and the total score of this component with all predictor variables (cognitive flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation and psychological well-being) at the level of (0.001). The highest level of correlation was in the cognitive flexibility component with the non-judgmental subscale (0.351) and general mindfulness (0.367). In the component of cognitive regulation of emotion with the subscale of description (0.431) and general awareness (0.513). showed the highest level of correlation. In psychological well-being with non-judgmental subscale (0.365) and general mindfulness (0.544). showed the highest level of correlation. The results of the regression analysis also showed that the three components of cognitive flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation and psychological well-being are able to explain 54% (R = 0.541) of mindfulness in patients diagnosed with chronic depression. The separate share of each was equal to 0.198, 0.187, and 0.156 respectively. The general result showed that cognitive flexibility, cognitive emotion regulation and psychological well-being provide a meaningful explanation of the conscious mind. In fact, these three components are able to meaningfully explain and predict mindfulness in patients diagnosed with chronic depression.
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Special Received: 2024/06/19 | Accepted: 2024/05/30 | Published: 2024/05/30