فاعلية العلاج المعرفي القائم على اليقظة الذهنية في علاج اضطراب القلق الاجتماعي لدى عينة من المراهقين

الملخص EN

The study aimed to examine effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in treating social anxiety disorder and developing of mindfulness skills among a sample of adolescents.

The study method is quasi-experimental, with one experimental group.

The sample of the study consisted of (13) male adolescents who attended the Edraak Psychiatric Center in Al-Qassim, and their ages ranged from 16.25-19 years, with a mean age of 17.3 years, and a standard deviation of 0.92.

The study tools included the scale of three-dimensional for social fear, the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale, and the treatment program.

The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group in repeated measurements during the application periods (pre-post-follow-up) in the variables and dimensions of the study; Social anxiety disorder (cognitive dimension, social dimension, physical dimension - total score) and mindfulness (awareness dimension - acceptance dimension - total score) in favor of the post measurement when comparing the pre and post measurements and in favor of follow-up measurement; When comparing the pre and follow-up and post and follow-up measurements.

This indicates the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in in treating social anxiety disorder and developing mindfulness skills, after completing the program sessions, and after a period of follow-up, with a very high effect size of the therapeutic intervention.