The Development of the Mindfulness for Mental Fitness Program (Mind-Fit): An Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Group Therapy Program for Anxiety and Depression among Filipino College Students
Keywords:
Anxiety, Depression, Filipino College Students, Group Therapy, Resilience, MBCTAbstract
Primarily, the study was conducted to test the efficacy of a newly developed Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Group Therapy Program for Anxiety and Depression among Filipino College Students known as Mind-Fit Program. Using One Group Pretest-Posttest Design, participants underwent 5-sessions (5 weeks with 45 minutes-2 hours duration per week). Measures such as Hopkin’s Symptom Checklist (HSCL), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10 were used as pre and post-test measures. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to analyze the data. Results revealed on the quantitative part using paired sample t-test and Cohen’s d that there is a significant difference on the pre and post-test results on Hopkins Anxiety scale (t(5) = 17.419, p = .000) and Beck Anxiety measure (t(5) = 5.466, p = .005) with Cohen's d of 4.60 and 3.42 respectively. Same pattern was found on the difference of pre and post test on depression measures. Statistically significant findings on both Hopkins Depression subscale (t(5) = 7.359, p = .002) and PHQ-9 measure (t(5) = 5.466, p = .005) with Cohen’s d of 4.28 and 2.13 respectively.
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