The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on risk and protective factors of depressive relapse – a randomized wait-list controlled trial
BMC Psychology June 7, 2020 Elisabeth Schanche, Jon Vøllestad, Endre Visted et al.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) reduced risk factors and strengthened protective factors for depressive relapse in people with recurrent depression. Completers of MBCT showed significant improvements in rumination, emotion regulation, emotional reactivity to stress, self-compassion, mindfulness, and depression compared to a wait-list control group. The largest changes occurred in self-relatedness: participants became less self-judgmental and more self-compassionate. In the intention-to-treat analysis, significant effects remained for rumination, self-compassion, and depression.