Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Interventions to Increase Resilience of the Covid-19 Patients Through Cyberpsychology Approach
Zainul Anwar
Polish Psychological Bulletin September 26, 2022 DOI: 10.24425/ppb.2022.141864 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Pre-experimental single-group pre-test to post-test study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 5 |
| Population | Covid-19 patients aged 20-27 years, 1 male and 4 female, asymptomatic or with mild symptoms |
| Intervention | Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy |
| Duration | Six sessions delivered over four meetings, each lasting 30-120 minutes |
| Measures | Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), negative emotion scale |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was associated with a significant increase in resilience from pre- to post-intervention among five Covid-19 patients, according to a Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Z = -2.023, p < 0.05). The authors conclude the online program can significantly increase resilience in this population. |
Abstract
This study aims to test the effectiveness of online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in increasing the resilience of Covid-19 patients. It has applied a website-based cyberpsychology approach to providing Mindfulness- Based Cognitive Therapy interventions. The online program was delivered over six sessions. These were carried out across four meetings, each of which lasted 30-120 minutes. The study is pre-experimental, using a single group pre-test to post-test experimental design. There were 5 patient participants with Covid-19, 1 male and 4 female. They were aged 20-27 years. All were either asymptomatic or presented only mild symptoms. The Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was used to measure pre- to post-intervention change in resilience, and a negative emotion scale was used to derive emotion ratings after each session. Results were analysed using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. This showed a value of Z = -2.023 (p < 0.05), with a mean rank of 3.00, and a sum of ranks of 15.00. The analysis indicates that online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy can significantly increase resilience in Covid-19 patients.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |
Citations in the library
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