The purpose of this study is to explore the effects Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program on Body Dissatisfaction, Body Esteem, and Self Esteem of middle school students. Eighteen patients were randomly assigned to 9 in the MBCT group and 9 in t...
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program on Body Dissatisfaction, Body Esteem, and Self Esteem of middle school students. Eighteen patients were randomly assigned to 9 in the MBCT group and 9 in the waiting-list control group. All paticipants completed K-OBCS, K-OBES and the Self Esteem Scale at pre-treatment, end of treatment, and at 4 weeks follow-up period. Tree drawing test was also conducted for the MBCT group at pre-treatment and end of treatment. MBCT program was administered for 10 session. The results of this study were as follows: MBCT program reduced the level of Body Dissatisfaction and improved the level of Body Esteem and Self Esteem of therapy group. Meanwhile the wating-list control group did not show any significant change in the level of Body Dissatisfaction, Body Esteem, and Self Esteem. Finally, the implications and the limitations of this study, and the suggestions for future study were also discussed.