Promotion of psychosocial wellbeing in new mothers through mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
Shweta Patel, Diwakar Chauhan, Ranjana Patnaik
International Journal of Health Sciences April 18, 2022 DOI: 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns2.6265 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | New mothers |
| Interventions | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) balanced nutrition physical activity self-care positive affirmations self-introspection stress-relieving exercises meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Proposes that a mindfulness training program combining MBCT practices with balanced nutrition, physical activity, self-care, positive affirmations, self-introspection, stress-relieving exercises, and meditation may improve the psychological well-being of new mothers. The text frames MBCT as helping clients break free from negative thought patterns that can lead to depression, but reports no results because the study is planned rather than completed. |
Abstract
Physical wellness, mental wellbeing, psychological state (feelings, emotions, beliefs, perspectives), and social relationships (connections, behaviours, cultural values, and the influence of family, school, colleagues, and community) all have an impact on an individual's psychosocial well-being as stated by WHO. In order to understand the circumstances, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) involves mindful, walking, breathing smiling, indepth looking. accepting, love, compassion, a need to alleviate pain and create happiness are always the benefits of being attentive, touching intimately the present moment. MBCT has evolved into something that can help with a variety of concerns which includes anxiety, stress, sadness, overwhelm, frustration as well as behavioural issues like anger control. It's also a great approach to live a more mindful life. MBCT therapists employ these strategies to teach clients how to break free from negative thought patterns that might lead to a depressed state, allowing them to battle depression before it takes hold. It's a method of being in the world as well as a practise. This study is planned as a quasi-experimental study to see if mindfulness training, which includes balanced nutrition, physical activity, self-care, positive affirmations, self-introspection, stress-relieving exercises, and meditation, can help new moms improve their psychological well-being.
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 |