The effect of a mindfulness-based stress reducing programme on tolerance of ambiguity, rumination, and metacognitive awareness in infertile women

ABSTRACT

Infertile women often experience chronic stress that can harm their well-being. Our aim was to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction programmes on tolerance of ambiguity, rumination, and metacognitive awareness in infertile women. The sample included all infertile women referred to the Valiasr Hospital Health Center in Iran in 2019 who were treated for infertility. A total of 52 women undergoing infertility treatment were selected by availability sampling and assigned to either the experimental (26) or the control group (26). Using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANOVA) we found that a mindfulness-based stress reduction programme helps to increase tolerance to ambiguity, rumination, and metacognitive awareness among infertile women.

KEYWORDS:

• Mindfulness
• tolerance of ambiguity
• rumination
• metacognitive awareness
• infertile women

Acknowledgment

Special thanks and appreciation to the officials and staff of the Valiasr Hospital Reproductive Health Research Center, members of the medical team, and all the individuals who helped with this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Notes on contributors

Mona Hassannejad Emamchay

Mona Hassannejad Emamchay, Master of psychology, depertment of psychology Rudehen Branch Islamic Azad University, Rudehen, Iran.

Rozita Zabihi

Rozita Zabihi, Assistance professor, Department of Psychology, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshar, Iran.