en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective:</b> The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) who referred to counseling centers in Dezful.<br> <b>Methods:</b> The study sample consisted of 30 individuals with GAD, selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The research design was a clinical trial with a pre-test, post-test, and control group. Data were collected using the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Garnefski et al., 2002). The experimental group received 10 sessions of MBCT based on Segal et al. (2002). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics, including univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA and MANCOVA).<br> <b>Results:</b> Findings revealed that MBCT significantly increased positive refocusing/planning (F = 125.27, p < 0.001), positive reappraisal/broader perspective (F = 96.62, p < 0.001), acceptance (F = 47.99, p < 0.001), and the total score of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (F = 406.81, p < 0.001) in individuals with GAD.<br> <b>Conclusions:</b> The results indicated that MBCT enhances adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.</span></span></span></span></div> Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Emotion Regulation 0 0 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-986-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Mandani mandani@gmail.com 100319475328460011403 100319475328460011403 No MA in Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Andimeshk Branch, Islamic Azad University, Andimeshk, Iran Alireza Baloot edu.techer@yahoo.com 100319475328460011404 100319475328460011404 Yes Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Andimeshk Branch, Islamic Azad University, Andimeshk, Iran