Investigating the effect of mindfulness training on improving mental health in people with anxiety and depression

INTERVENTION: Intervention 1: Intervention group: Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Duration of each session: 90 minutes; Total number of sessions: 8 sessions, Session sequence: Twice a week; Key therapeutic tools: This intervention focuses on mindfulness, acceptance, emotional regulation, and coping with rumination. Main therapeutic tools include: Mindfulness exercises, training attention to the present moment, non‐judgmental observation of thoughts and emotions. Session content: Session 1: Introduction to the therapy, explaining objectives, and pre‐test administration. Session 2: Teaching the basics of mindfulness and attention to present moment experience. Session 3: Identifying automatic thoughts and dysfunctional thought patterns. Session 4: Practicing non‐judgmental observation and acceptance of thoughts and emotions. Session 5: Teaching body awareness and practicing breathing and relaxation. Session 6: Working on emotional regulation and coping with rumination. Session 7: Practical mindfulness exercises in everyday situations. Session 8: Session summary, reviewing exercises, post‐test administration, and determining follow‐up. Intervention 2: Control group: The control group will not receive any intervention during the research, but will receive the treatment intervention after data collection to prevent factors that threaten the internal validity of the research, such as compensatory competition from the control group or demoralization. CONDITION: Anxiety and Depression. ; Other mixed anxiety disorders F41.3 PRIMARY OUTCOME: Anxiety. Timepoint: 1. Pre‐test (before the start of the intervention) 2. Post‐test (immediately after the end of the intervention period) 3. One‐month follow‐up after the intervention. Method of measurement: The variable will be measured using the Beck et al. (1988) anxiety scale. Depression. Timepoint: 1. Pre‐test (before the start of the intervention) 2. Post‐test (immediately after the end of the intervention period) 3. One‐month follow‐up after the intervention. Method of measurement: The variable will be measured using the Beck et al. (1996) Depression Questionnaire. Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: 1. Pre‐test (before the start of the intervention) 2. Post‐test (immediately after the end of the intervention period) 3. One‐month follow‐up after the intervention. Method of measurement: The variable will be measured using the Gross and John (2003) emotion regulation questionnaire. Rumination. Timepoint: 1. Pre‐test (before the start of the intervention) 2. Post‐test (immediately after the end of the intervention period) 3. One‐month follow‐up after the intervention. Method of measurement: The variable will be measured using the Nolen‐Hoeksma and Maru (1991) rumination questionnaire. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Women in their 30s and 40s Diagnosis of anxiety, depression, or anxiety‐depression comorbidity based on a clinical interview or validated questionnaire Score above the cutoff on standard depression or anxiety questionnaires Experience of frequent rumination as measured by questionnaire score or self‐report