Sutschet, Hannah (2024) The Effects of a Meaning Intervention on Depressive Symptoms. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Recent literature suggests that interventions focused on meaning in life (MiL) might be an effective method to reduce depressive symptoms. Most studies that have been done on this topic used a clinical sample to which they administered multiple sessions of a face-to-face meaning intervention. In this study, we want to examine whether a 50-minute online meaning in life intervention might also be effective in reducing depressive symptoms over a one week period in a non-clinical sample. Next to this, we want to explore whether working on a relationship-related goal might be beneficial for reducing depressive symptoms and increasing levels of MiL. To test this, 97 students at the University of Groningen took part in our study and were randomly allocated to either I) the meaning-intervention group or II) a control group and were measured on their perceived MiL, depressive symptoms and their relationship-related goal pursuit at baseline and after a one week-follow-up. The results showed that compared to the control, the meaning-intervention group reported significantly increased levels of experienced MiL at the one week follow-up. However, there were no significant differences between the two groups regarding their levels of depressive symptoms. Furthermore, their relationship-related goal pursuits did not seem to be beneficial for reducing depressive symptoms or increasing levels of MiL.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ostafin, B.D. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2024 06:34 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2024 06:34 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4265 |
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