fa Effectiveness of Mindfulness on Early Maladaptive Schemas of Behavioral Mistrust and Abandonment Instability of Women with Depression in Karaj تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Few studies have examined the influence of cognitive therapy on schemas in women with psychological disorders. This study explores the effect of mindfulness therapy on early maladaptive schemas of behavioural mistrust and the abandonment instability of 60 women with depression who had been referred to a psychological clinic. The methodology of this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design. All participants were randomly placed into experimental (30 individuals) and control (30 individuals) groups and answered Young&#39;s Early maladaptive schema questionnaire before and after the treatments. The experimental group received a cognitive intervention program based on mindfulness therapy during eight sessions (90 minutes). Covariance analysis was conducted, and the result indicated the positive effect of mindfulness therapy on the experimental group, not the control group. The result suggested that mindfulness treatment positively affects the early maladaptive schemas of behavioural mistrust and abandonment instability in women with depression</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Few studies have examined the influence of cognitive therapy on schemas in women with psychological disorders. This study explores the effect of mindfulness therapy on early maladaptive schemas of behavioural mistrust and the abandonment instability of 60 women with depression who had been referred to a psychological clinic. The methodology of this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design. All participants were randomly placed into experimental (30 individuals) and control (30 individuals) groups and answered Young&#39;s Early maladaptive schema questionnaire before and after the treatments. The experimental group received a cognitive intervention program based on mindfulness therapy during eight sessions (90 minutes). Covariance analysis was conducted, and the result indicated the positive effect of mindfulness therapy on the experimental group, not the control group. The result suggested that mindfulness treatment positively affects the early maladaptive schemas of behavioural mistrust and abandonment instability in women with depression<div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div> Mindfulness, Maladaptive Schemas, Mistrust and Abandonment Instability, Depression, Women Mindfulness, Maladaptive Schemas, Mistrust and Abandonment Instability, Depression, Women 1 12 http://jnip.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-132-154&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Diana Khalili Diana Khalili 10031947532846001317 10031947532846001317 Yes Payam Noor University,Karaj,Iran Payam Noor University,Karaj,Iran Nadia Khalili Nadia Khalili 10031947532846001318 10031947532846001318 No fourth year Ph.D. candidate at Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal ,Canada fourth year Ph.D. candidate at Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal ,Canada Mahmoud Zivari Mahmoud Zivari 10031947532846001319 10031947532846001319 No Associate Professor of Psychometrics, Tehran University,Tehran,Iran Associate Professor of Psychometrics, Tehran University,Tehran,Iran