The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Anhedonia Reduction Therapy in reducing the Depressive Symptoms Among University Students (A Case Study)

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faculty of education

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The aim of the research was to identify the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Anhedonia Reduction Therapy (MART) in reducing the depressive symptoms and anhedonia among university students (case study). Their ages ranged between 29-30 years, and the current study used a single-case design approach that relies on a baseline phase, intervention phase, and follow-up phase. The Beck Depression Inventory, second edition, translated by Gharib (2000), the Anhedonia Scale, prepared by Abouzaid and Abdelhamid (2023), and the treatment program prepared by the researchers were used. which consisted of two stages. The first stage consisted of 8 introductory sessions to diagnose the problem and measure baseline data, then the second stage consisted of 18 sessions, which were applied individually for each case separately. The results, which were based on visual analysis, indicated the effectiveness of the MART in reducing depressive symptoms and anhedonia in both cases after the intervention and during the follow-up period (two months after the intervention stopped). Statistical results using the Non-Overlap Analysis of All Pairs test also indicated that the effectiveness of the program ranged from moderate to very effective.

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  • Receive Date: 28 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 06 February 2025

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