The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy on reducing smoking and increasing student happiness
Atiyeh Karkhaneh, Homa Rezaei
Journal of Adolescent and Youth Psychological Studies 2020 DOI: 10.61838/kman.jayps.1.1.4 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test and a control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 24 |
| Population | Students of the Faculty of Arts, Azad University, Tehran Branch |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy |
| Duration | 8 sessions of 90 minutes |
| Measures | Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Fagerstrom Smoking Questionnaire |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy significantly reduced smoking and increased happiness compared with no intervention, with no significant difference between male and female students on either outcome. The authors conclude the training was effective for both aims. |
Abstract
Background and
Aim: This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy on reducing smoking and increasing student happiness.
Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design and a control group. From the statistical population of students of the Faculty of Arts, Azad University, Tehran Branch, a sample of 24 people was randomly selected and placed into two groups of 12 people. They were placed in the study and control groups with random assignment. The study group received mindfulness training for 8 sessions of 90 minutes, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Individuals in both groups implemented the Oxford (1989) Happiness Questionnaire and the Fagerstrom (1989) Smoking Questionnaire before and after the intervention, and the collected data were analyzed by the analysis of covariance.
Results: This study showed that there was a significant difference between the study and control groups in terms of reducing smoking (P = 0.02) and increasing happiness (P = 0.03). But the results did not show a significant difference in the difference between male and female students in reducing smoking and increasing happiness.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the training of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy has been effective in reducing smoking and increasing students' happiness.
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 |