The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Self-Determination Needs and Academic Burnout among Students Showing Depressive Symptoms
Authors
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Farahnaz Sadat Mousavi
Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-1038
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Fatemeh Sadat Marashian
Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7174-9698
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Saeed Bakhtiarpour
Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-941X
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22100/ijhs.v8i3.923Keywords:
Mindfulness, Dialectical behavior therapy, Self-determination, Depression, StudentsAbstract
Background: The satisfaction of self-determination needs and alleviation of academic burnout help students reduce/adjust the stress and psychological pressure resulting from studies and the university entrance examinations. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) on self-determination needs and academic burnout among students showing depressive symptoms in Dehloran (Iran).
Methods: In this experimental study, the statistical population comprised all female twelfth-grade high-school students studying for the university entrance exam in Dehloran, Iran in the academic year 2020-21. The sample consisted of 45 students showing depressive symptoms who were selected by convenience sampling, and then randomly divided into two experimental (MBSR and DBT) and a control group (n=15 each). Either MBSR or DBT intervention was administered to the experimental groups, but the control group received no intervention. The research instruments included the Self-Determination Needs Scale, Academic Burnout Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The data were analyzed via descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Results: The results showed that MBSR and DBT both positively affected the self-determination needs (F=92.44, Pvalue=0.001) and academic burnout (F=68.54, Pvalue=0.001) of students studying for the university entrance exam and showing depressive symptoms. According to the results, MBSR was more effective in students' self-determination and academic burnout (Pvalue=0.01).
Conclusions: It was found that both MBSR and DBT can help improve the self-determination needs and academic burnout of female high-school students studying for the university entrance exam and showing depressive symptoms.
Keywords: Mindfulness, Dialectical behavior therapy, Self-determination, Depression, Students
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