A Comparative study of Neurofeedback and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Social Anxiety

• Main Authors: Fayagh Yosfi, Kajal Shariati, Akbar Hemmati Sabet
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Kurdistan University of Medical Scienses 2017-04-01
• Series: روانشناسی و روانپزشکی شناخت
• Subjects: Neuro-feedback; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction; Social Anxiety Disorder
• Online Access: http://shenakht.muk.ac.ir/article-1-331-en.pdf
• ISSN: 2588-6657; 2476-2962

Introduction: Social anxiety is regarded as a debilitating disorder So that it can disturbs many aspects of human life. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the Neuro-feedback and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Social Anxiety Disorder. Method: The research design was Qousi-experimental with pre-test, post-test with two groups. In this study, research population was all of students at Payam Noor University. The method of sampling was accessible. By means of sampling, 20 students were chosen as research sample and randomly divided into 10 groups of neuro-feedback and Mindfulness. The instrument of the study was Libowitz social phobia and MMPI inventory. The Statistical method was Co-variance analysis and dependent t-test. The data was analyzed by co-variance analysis and pair t-test. Results: The result shows that there is significant relationship (p≤0.05) between neuro-feedback and Mindfulness on social anxiety. Statistical analysis indicates that there is no significant relationship (p≥0.05) between neuro-feedback remedy and Mindfulness based stress reduction in reducing the anxiety symptoms. Conclusion: since the neuro-feedback can cause the anxiety reduction so neuro feed and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction can be used as modern methods in psychology that emphasis on biological basis for healing the Anxiety disorder.