Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations

Clinical Psychology: Research and Practice Innovations"

Effectiveness of Mindfulness Intervention on Suicidal Thoughts and Thought-Action Fusion in Bipolar Disorder Patients

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Zahra Mohamad Zamani 1
Seyed Mosa Tabatabaee 2
Mahboobe Taher 3
Abdolsamad Nikan 4
1 Ph.D Candidate in Psychology, Sha.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan University
3 Department of Psychology, Sha.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
4 Department of Psychology, BG.C., Islamic Azad University, Bandar Gaz, Iran.
10.22075/jcp.2025.35675.3025
Abstract
Background: Bipolar disorder is a chronic and recurrent mood disorder that affects the individual's social and occupational functioning. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention on suicidal thoughts and thought-action fusion in people with bipolar disorder.
Method: The research method was quasi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with a control and experimental group. The statistical population of the study was all patients with bipolar disorder referring to psychological counseling centers in Gorgan in 2022. 34 people were selected using the convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (17 people in each group). The experimental group underwent 8 90-minute sessions of mindfulness therapy, and the control group did not receive psychological treatment until the end of the study. The research instruments were Beck's Suicidal Thoughts Questionnaire (1979) and Rachman and Shafran's Thought-Action Fusion Questionnaire (1988). Parametric analysis of covariance (ANCOVA & MANCOVA) was used for statistical analysis using SPSS software.
Results: The results showed that mindfulness intervention had a significant effect on suicidal thoughts (η2= 0.61, P< 0.001, F(1)= 47.73) and components of thought-action fusion including moral fusion (η2= 0.72, P< 0.001, F(1)= 81.38), fusion for others (η2= 0.36, P< 0.001, F(1)= 17.83), and fusion for self (η2= 0.56, P< 0.001, F(1)= 40.12).
Conclusion: Based on this, it can be concluded that mindfulness intervention led to a reduction in suicidal thoughts and thought-action fusion in patients with bipolar disorder
Keywords
mindfulness
suicidal thoughts
thought-action fusion
bipolar disorder
Subjects

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  • Receive Date 19 October 2024
  • Revise Date 16 November 2025
  • Accept Date 03 May 2025
  • First Publish Date 21 March 2026
  • Publish Date 21 March 2026