Effectiveness of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Depression of Earthquake-Affected Women in Sarpol-e Zahab City, Iran

The present study was conducted to investigate and compare the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on depression in women affected by the earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab city in 2018.The current research population comprised women affected by the earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab city, who were referred to the counseling clinic of the welfare center of Sarpol-e Zahab city in 2018. Among them, 45 were selected as the study sample through convenience sampling. They were then randomly assigned to a control group and two experimental groups. This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with the control group.

ISTDP sessions and MBCT were administered to the two experimental groups for 9 weeks. In the end, a post-test was implemented for three groups. The research instrument was Beck Depression Inventory (1961). Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used for the inferential analysis of data.

The results of the research showed that both ISTDP and MBCT are effective in the depression of earthquake-affected women, and there was no significant difference between ISTDP and MBCT in terms of their effectiveness in the depression of earthquake-affected women.