Effectiveness of Frankl’s Logotherapy on Health (Decreasing Addiction Potential and Increasing Psychological Well-being) of Students with Depression

Esalati, Paridokht; Arab, Ali; Mehdınezhad, Vali

doi:10.30699/ijhehp.7.1.84

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“…One study of students with problematic drinking behaviors reported that both meaning of life and depressive symptoms improved after six sessions of logotherapy [ 44 ]. In another study, students’ addiction potential decreased while their psychological well-being increased [ 45 ]. Therefore, since the addiction potential and psychological well-being of college students were altered through logotherapy, it may have long term positive effects on their drug- or alcohol-related behaviors.…”

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Effects of an Existential Nursing Intervention for College Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation

Cho

Jang

2021

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This study designed an intervention based on logo-autobiography to reduce Korean college students’ stress and depression and help them find meaning in their lives amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct group interventions among college students. A total of 22 and 26 participants were included in the experimental and control groups, respectively. The experimental group received six sessions of a logo-autobiography for college students (LAC). The effects of the LAC interventions were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and four weeks after the program’s end to determine their retention rate. The effects of group, time, and the group-by-time interaction were verified using generalized estimating equations with an autoregressive correlation structure. The experimental group exhibited significantly lower levels of stress and depression and higher levels concerning the meaning of life than the control group. However, only the effects on stress and the meaning of life continued four weeks after the intervention’s end. Based on this study’s results, LAC can be considered a useful method for reducing stress and depression in college students who have just started their adult life, as well as for aiding them in their pursuit for the meaning of life.

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Effects of an Existential Nursing Intervention for College Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation

Cho

Jang

2021

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“…Finally, some exercises that could be placed within the framework of logotherapy were also included [ 42 ], since their objective was to learn to overcome the existential void that arises from the lack of meaning in what we do and in the life we lead, and to take responsibility in this way for our own life. Logotherapy has demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of different problems including addictions, depression, anger, anxiety, and for fostering psychological well-being [ 43 , 44 ].…”

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Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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The present study explored the effects of a second-generation mindfulness-based intervention known as flow meditation (Meditación-Fluir) in the improvement of healthy life behaviors. A sample of university students (n = 51) in Spain were randomly assigned to a seven-week mindfulness treatment or a waiting list control group. Results showed that compared to the control group, individuals in the mindfulness group demonstrated significant improvements across all outcome measures including healthy eating habits (balanced diet, intake rate, snacking between meals, decrease in consumption by negative emotional states, increased consumption by negative emotional states, amount of consumption, meal times, consumption of low-fat products), tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption, and resting habits. There were differences between males and females in some of these variables and a better effect of the treatment was evident in the females of the experimental group when compared to the males. The flow meditation program shows promise for fostering a healthy lifestyle, thus decreasing behaviors related to maladaptive eating, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption as well as negative rest habits in university students. This mindfulness program could significantly contribute to the treatment of eating disorders and addictions, wherein negative emotional states and impulsivity are central features of the condition.

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“…Finally, some exercises that could be placed within the framework of logotherapy were also included [43], since their objective was to learn to overcome the existential void that arises from the lack of meaning in what we do and in the life we lead, and to take responsibility in this way for our own life. Logotherapy has demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of different problems, including addictions, depression, anger, anxiety, and for fostering psychological well-being [44,45] The effectiveness of Flow meditation has been tested in various treatment studies with acceptable size effects (Amutio, et al, , 2018Franco et al, 2016). [34,35,36,46], The program includes existential, ethical and spiritual aspects and values, and thus conforms to Van Gordons´ criteria for Second Generation Mindfulness-Based Interventions (SG-MBIs) [47].…”

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Improving Life Habits through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Soriano¹,

Amutio²,

Franco³

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The present study explored the effects of a Second-generation mindfulness-based intervention known as Flow Meditation (Meditación-Fluir) in the improvement of life habits. A sample of university students (n = 51) in Spain were randomly assigned to a seven-week mindfulness treatment or a waiting list control group. Results showed that compared to the control group, individuals in the mindfulness group demonstrated significant improvements across all outcome measures, including healthy eating habits (balanced diet, intake rate, snacking between meals, decrease in consumption by emotional states negative, increased consumption by negative emotional states, amount of consumption, meal times, consumption of low-fat products), tobacco, alcohol and cannabis consumption, and resting habits. There were differences between males and females in some of these variables and a better effect of the treatment was evident in the females of the experimental group as compared to males. The Flow Meditation program shows promise for fostering healthy life habits, thus decreasing behaviors related to maladaptive eating, tobacco, alcohol and drug consumption, as well as negative resting habits, in university students. This mindfulness program can significantly contribute in the treatment of eating disorders and addictions, wherein negative emotional states and impulsivity are central features of the condition.

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Effectiveness of Frankl’s Logotherapy on Health (Decreasing Addiction Potential and Increasing Psychological Well-being) of Students with Depression

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Effects of an Existential Nursing Intervention for College Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation

Effects of an Existential Nursing Intervention for College Students in the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation

Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Improving Life Habits through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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