
Management of depressive disorders and enhancement of self-esteem with meaning centered counselling and psychotherapy (MCCT): A study
Pages: 948-952
Nitin Gupta (Department of Psychology, Research & Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)
S. Azmal Basha (Department of Psychology, Sri Venkateswara Art College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh)
The study is conducted to evaluate the efficacy of meaning centered counselling and psychotherapy (MCCT) for management of depressive disorder for purposively selected 40 adults. The adults were assessed pre and post intervention in experimental and control groups. The questionnaires used in the study are Personal Meaning Profile developed by Wong (1998); Beck Depression Inventory-II developed by Beck, Steer, and Brown (1996); and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale developed by Rosenberg (1965). This is the study of forty adults Positive Essence Psychology, Thamarassery, Calicut, Kerala. The subjects were assessed before intervention and intervened with meaning centered counselling and psychotherapy (MCCT) for the time span of twelve weeks. The subjects’ depressive symptoms and self esteem were reassessed after the period of twelve weeks. The outcome of the study revealed that the adult’s experienced significantly less depressive disorder symptoms, and elevated in the self esteem. The result shows that the meaning centered counselling and psychotherapy (MCCT) techniques are efficient in management of depressive disorders symptoms or associated anxiety and increase in self esteem.
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Pages: 948-952
Nitin Gupta (Department of Psychology, Research & Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)
S. Azmal Basha (Department of Psychology, Sri Venkateswara Art College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh)