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Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy on Children With Anxiety.

Rima Shetty, Sreejayan Kongasseri, Shweta Rai

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy November 1, 2020 DOI: 10.1891/jcpsy-d-20-00014 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Randomized controlled trial Peer reviewed
Sample size 52
Population Children with anxiety (25 boys and 27 girls) screened from 240 children
Duration 12 weeks post-intervention
Measures Spence Children's Anxiety Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Child and Adolescent
Topics Anxiety Meditation
Keywords Emotion regulation School children, mbct-c
Key findings MBCT-C was more effective than group therapy in improving anxiety among children, with a between-group effect size of Cohen's d 1.05, and was as effective as group therapy in reducing emotion suppression for emotion regulation.

Abstract

This study examined the efficacy of mindfulness based cognitive therapy on children (MBCT-C) with anxiety. Two hundred and forty children were screened, of which 52 (25 boys and 27 girls) with anxiety were randomly allocated to either MBCT-C or group therapy (GT including cognitive behavioral principles). Both groups were rated on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Child and Adolescent, pre- and 12 weeks post-interventions. MBCT-C was found to be more effective than GT in improving anxiety among children (between-group effect size Cohen's d 1.05) and as effective as GT in reducing emotion suppression for effective emotion regulation. This study provides support for MBCT-C as an effective group intervention for children with anxiety.

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