The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based on Narrative Group Therapy on Improving Depressive Symptoms and Emotional Outcomes in Students with Depressive Syndrome

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

fereshteh changizi ¹ , msoomeh Azmoodeh ² , Sholeh Livarjani ³ , Sharam Vahedi ⁴

1 - PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran (Corresponding Author).
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran.
4 - Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2021-04-02 Accepted : 2021-04-02 Published : 2020-09-22

Keywords: depression, Emotional efficiencies, Mindfulness based on narrative therapy,

Abstract :

Depression in children and adolescents due to disrupting various social, educational, professional, functions and etc, its prevalence is an issue that needs serious attention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness based on narrative group therapy intervention program on improving depressive symptoms and emotional outcomes in students with depressive syndrome. For this purpose, during a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and control group, 40 students with depressive symptoms, living in Tabriz, were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 20, tested and controlled. Subjects' depressive symptoms and emotional outcomes were assessed before and after the intervention. Mindfulness based on narrative ‌ group therapy intervention was performed on the experimental group in 16 sessions. The control group did not receive any intervention. The results of analysis of ANOVA showed that the process of intervention sessions of mindfulness program based on group narrative therapy improved depressive symptoms and emotional outcomes in students with depressive syndrome in the experimental group compared to the control group. According to the results of this study, a mindfulness based on narrative group therapy intervention program can be used as an effective intervention program to improve depressive symptoms and emotional outcomes in students with depressive syndrome.