Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive on the Psychological Well-being of Single Mothers
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Objectives: 1) To assess the changes in the mean psychological well-being of single mothers within the experimental group by comparing scores before and after the experiment. 2) To examine variations in the mean psychological well-being among single mothers by comparing scores between the experimental group and the control group. Materials and methods: A quasi-xperiment research was employed with a pretest-posttest control group design. The target group was 22 single mothers who were solely responsible for raising their biological children, selected according to specified criteria from the Ban Kredtrakarn Protection and Vocational Training Center in Bangkok. They were divided into an experimental group of 11 and a control group of 11. The instruments used for data collection were 1) a mindfulness-based cognitive counseling group program, and 2) a mental well-being measure. Data were analyzed using paired and independent sample t-tests. Results: 1) The average psychological wellbeing of the experimental group after the experiment was significantly higher than before the experiment at the .05 level. 2) After the experiment, the experimental group had a significantly higher average psychological well-being than the control group at the .05 level. Conclusion: The mindfulness-based cognitive counseling group program could enhance the psychological well-being of single mothers.
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