Abstract: Effect of Mindfulness based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on self-esteem and depression of Adolescence

This article discusses how depression can lead to a wide range of issues and how people, particularly adolescents, struggle with low self-esteem and seek treatment for it. It was also discovered that a person’s self-esteem was significantly impacted by their gender, ethnicity, and social class.

The purpose of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is to help people recognize and understand their thought and feeling patterns so that they can replace them with more useful thought patterns. It also teaches the client to stop the downward spiral that might result from being in a bad mood or recalling unpleasant memories.

A research study was used to determine the impact of mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy on the level of depression and self-esteem in adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 with the help of purposive sampling (N = 100). Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to select participants during the pre-test. Expo Facto and Quasi Experimental Research Design were each conducted in two phases to take over the course of therapy in a span of 12 sessions.

Three hypotheses were developed and approved as a result of the reviewed literature:

• Hypothesis 1- Adolescence would have poor self esteem and depression.
• Hypothesis 2 – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy would improve the level of Self esteem in adolescence.
• Hypothesis 3- Mindfulness based Cognitive Behavior Therapy would reduce the level of depression in adolescence.

The results indicated that the Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has increased the level of Self esteem and reduced the level of depression of Adolescence.

Key words:

Depression
Self-esteem
Adolescence
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Intervention
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