en other Orginal research <span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Background:</span></i></b></span><span style="color:#000066;"> </span><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:black">Taking care of romantic relationships in couples depends on marital satisfaction and a better understanding of each other&rsquo;s needs. Physical changes such as weight gain and obesity can make people develop negative perceptions of their body and appearance and endanger caregiving for romantic relationships in couples. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Objectives:</span></i></b></span><b> </b><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:black">The present study aimed to examine the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) therapy in caring for romantic relationships in overweight women.</span></span></span></span><br> <span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b></span><span style="color:black"> This experimental study was conducted with a pre-test and post-test design on 30 overweight women. A total of 30 women were selected using convenience and were placed block randomization method in the experimental and control groups (each with 15 members). The experimental group received the MBSR intervention in twelve 90 minute sessions. The data were collected using the Caregiving Questionnaire (CQ; Kunce & Shaver, 1994) and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) in SPSS-v24 software.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Results:</span></i></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#000066;"> </span><span style="color:black">The findings showed that the MBSR intervention significantly improved caregiving in romantic relationships in overweight women who underwent the intervention. F value calculated for the pre-intervention and post-intervention scores for the components of proximity (F=17.56, p=0.001), sensitivity (F=8.08, p=0.001), cooperation (F=42.05, p=0.001), and non-obsessive control (F=24.31, p=0.001) were significant.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></i></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#000066;"> </span><span style="color:black">MBSR techniques can lead to adaptive behaviors and positive psychological states in women and improve romantic behavior. MBSR, when used with weight loss treatments, can help to enhance the satisfaction with and quality of marital relationships in married women.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><span myriadpro-light="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Overweight, Obesity, Romantic Relationship Care, Couples 11 20 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-779-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Leila Shojaei eilashojae28@gmail.com 100319475328460013714 100319475328460013714 No Department of Counseling, Arak branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Anahita Khodabakhshi-Koolaee a.khodabakhshid@khatam.ac.ir 100319475328460013715 100319475328460013715 Yes *2Department of Psychology & Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Khatam University, Tehran, Iran and Department of Psychology, Arak branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Zabih Pirani anna_khodabakhshi@yahoo.com 100319475328460013716 100319475328460013716 No Department of Psychology, Arak branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Davood Taghvaei d_taghvaeidd@yahoo.com 100319475328460013717 100319475328460013717 No Department of Psychology, Arak branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran