Analysis of the Efficacy of Mindfulness Meditation in a Mutual Aid Group for Bipolar Disorder
| Autor: | Francisco A. Burgos-Julián, Cintia Díaz-Silveira, Raquel Ruiz-Íñiguez, Miguel A. Santed-Germán |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Clínica y Salud. Investigación Empírica en Psicología, Vol 35, Iss 2, Pp 49-55 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1130-5274 2174-0550 |
| DOI: | 10.5093/clysa2024a4 |
| Popis: | Background: The bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe, disabling mental disorder characterized by phases of mania, hypomania, or depression. The present quasi-experimental study of 21 BD patients (Mage = 44 years, SD = 11.45, 6% women) compared the efficacy of a mutual aid group (MAG) with a MAG that followed a mindfulness-based intervention (MAG+M) over 6 weeks. Method: Both groups were evaluated pre-test and post-test with the following variables: depression, mania, anxiety, mindfulness, and psychological acceptance. Results: Pretest and post-test intragroup analyses showed that MAG+M improved significantly in measures of depression (z = -2.31, p = .02) and trait anxiety (z = -2.43, p = .01), while MAG did not improve in any of the measures. There were no statistically significant differences between groups in the post-test. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that mindfulness meditation may improve symptoms of depression and anxiety in a MAG for BD patients. |
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