The effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and positive thinking on improving mental health, perfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in family heads with major depressive disorder
SeyedAliAsghar SeyedEbrahimi
Applied Family Therapy Journal 2020 DOI: 10.61838/kman.aftj.1.2.9 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test follow-up study with control group Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 60 |
| Population | Heads of families with major depressive disorder in Aran and Bidgol cities, 2020 |
| Interventions | Cognitive therapy based on mindfulness positive thinking skills training |
| Duration | Eight weekly sessions; follow-up period not stated |
| Measures | Garnefski et al. (2001) Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Terry-Short et al. (1995) perfectionism questionnaire, Goldenberg (1979) mental health questionnaire |
| Topics | Depression Meditation |
| Key findings | Both mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and positive-thinking training differed significantly from a waiting-list control on mental health, adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation, and positive and negative perfectionism. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy yielded greater adaptive self-regulation, and positive-thinking training yielded greater mental health at post-test. |
Abstract
Aim: The purpose of this research is the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness and positive thinking on improving mental health, perfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in family heads suffering from major depressive disorder.
Method: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with the control group. The statistical population of the present study included all heads of families suffering from major depressive disorder in Aran and Bidgol cities in 2020, of which 60 people were selected by purposive sampling and in the experimental groups of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness (20 people) and positive thinking. (20 people) and control (20 people) were placed. The data were obtained using Garnevsky et al.'s (2001), Terry-Short et al.'s (1995), and Goldenberg's (1979) mental health questionnaires. Seligman et al.'s (2005) positive thinking skills training protocol and Rebecca's (2009) mindfulness-based cognitive therapy were held weekly for eight sessions. The control group received treatment and was put on a waiting list. In line with inferential analysis, analysis of variance with repeated measurements and SPSS 22 software were used.
Result: The results showed that between the two cognitive therapy groups based on mindfulness and positive thinking and the mental health evidence group (P<0.01 and F = 60.48), compromised self-regulation (P < 0.01 and F = 39.40) and uncompromising self-regulation (P < 0.01 and F = 50.99), positive perfectionism (P < 0.01 and F = 8.76) and negative perfectionism (P < 0.01 and F = 27.44), a statistically significant difference There is, and compromised self-regulation in the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group (P < 0.01) and mental health in the positive thinking group at the end of the post-test was higher than the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that in terms of effectiveness, cognitive therapy training based on mindfulness had the greatest impact on compromised self-regulation and positive thinking on improving mental health.
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