MBCT tied to significant improvement in Reassure<\/em> self and significant reduction in Inadequate<\/em> self<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) can impact how individuals with recurrent depressive disorder relate to themselves, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in Counseling & Psychotherapy Research<\/em>.<\/p>\n Elisabeth Schanche, Ph.D., from the University of Bergen in Norway, and colleagues randomly assigned 68 individuals with recurrent depressive disorder to either MBCT or a waiting-list condition (WLC) to examine the effect of MBCT on self-inadequacy, self-hate, and the ability to self-reassure. At follow-up after six, 12, and 24 months, participants in the MBCT intervention group were assessed for depressive relapse.<\/p>\n The researchers found that completers of MBCT (26 participants) showed a significant improvement in Reassure<\/em> self and a significant reduction in Inadequate<\/em> self compared with those in the WLC (30 participants; d<\/em> = 0.69 and 0.51, respectively), as measured with the Forms of Self Criticizing and Reassuring Scale<\/em>. No significant changes were seen in Hated<\/em> self. Nonoccurrence of depressive relapse within a period of two years after the MBCT intervention was predicted by improvements in the Reassure<\/em> self during the intervention.<\/p>\n “The findings of this study support MBCT as targeting various dimensions of self-criticism in individuals prone to repeated depressive relapse,” the authors write. “This is of importance, as self-criticism seems to be a vulnerability factor for developing depressive episodes.”<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n