The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulnessbased stress reduction program on self-efficacy beliefs of female students with academic failure. The research method was semi-experimental with pretestposttest design with a control group. The study population included all high school female students in first grade and second course on the 2015-2016 academic year in Ardabil city, that among them by convenience sampling method 30 students were selected with academic failure and then randomly were assigned to the experimental group (15 subjects) and control group (15 subjects). The participants of the experimental group received 8 sessions mindfulness-based stress reduction program. Scherer self-efficacy questionnaire (1982) was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that mindfulnessbased stress reduction program has significant impact on increasing of selfefficacy of students. According to these results it can be concluded that this method can be used by school administrators and especially school psychologists and counselors.

Background: stress is an important factor in development and exacerbation of symptoms of most of the skin diseases including psoriasis. This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on physical symptoms in patients with psoriasis.Methods: This study was designed as a quasi-experimental study. Experimental group received 10 sessions of mindfulness training. Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) was measured before, at the end, and 45 days after treatment in all recruited patients. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.Findings: There was a significant differences in physical symptoms of psoriasis (PASI score) between experimental and control groups both at the end of the treatment, and 45-days follow-up period (P<0.05 for both).Conclusion: Based on these results, mindfulness-based stress reduction program could potentially be considered as an effective method to relief physical symptoms in patients with psoriatic.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group administered form of mindfulness-based stress reduction program for fibromyalgia severity. In a quasi-experimental design, a randomized controlled trial with baseline, post treatment, and follow-up assessments along with control group was conducted. Twenty-five patients with fibromyalgia by convenience sampling selected from patients attending Parsian Hospital in Tehran. Participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n=13; under administration of mindfulness-based stress reduction program in 8 group sessions once a week) or control group (n=12). All participants completed a questionnaire requesting demographic information and the Combined Index of Severity of Fibromyalgia (ICAF) in three phases of baseline, post treatment and follow-up. Results of analysis of variance with repeated measures indicated that the patients receiving the mindfulness-based stress reduction program reported less severity of fibromyalgia and overall better functioning than control group patients in post treatment (3 months after the baseline assessment) and follow-up (9 months after the baseline assessment) periods. According to the results, group mindfulness-based stress reduction program is an effective method in decreasing the severity of fibromyalgia. Implications for further research and possible clinical applications are discussed.