The Effect of Teaching Mindfulness Skills Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Based on Depression and Communication Skills of High School Male Students
Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy
Zahra Baran Cheshmeh
1
,
aboutaleb seadatee shamir
2
1 - Master of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Depression, communication skills, Mindfulness based on cognitive-behavioral approach,
Abstract :
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness skills training based on cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing depression in male students. Methodology: The present study was non-descriptive in terms of data collection and its design was pretest-posttest with a control group and quantitative in terms of method. The present study population included all high school male students in District 5 of Tehran. To select the sample, based on previous studies, purposive non-random sampling method was used. Thus, in the screening stage, 30 who had the lowest score in the research tools were selected based on the level of education and financial status of the parents and were matched in two experimental and control groups and were replaced in two groups of 15 people. The experimental group was trained in a cognitive-behavioral mindfulness program for 8 sessions. Data collection tools Beck Depression Inventory (1989) was used. Findings: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups (experimental and control) in the variables of depression and communication skills. Cognitive-behavioral mindfulness program significantly reduced depression in students. Conclusion: Considering the effectiveness of mindfulness training based on cognitive-behavioral approach in reducing depression and improving communication skills, to promote and reflect methods and teach these methods and also increase the level of mental health of students, relevant officials and school counselors can implement comprehensive and preventive program formats to implement them at the school level.
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