effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on depression, suicidal thoughts, sleep quality, and self-esteem in women with a history of domestic violence

Background and objective: domestic violence is one of the most serious risk factors for women's mental health, often leading to depression, suicidal ideation, sleep disturbances, and low self-esteem. the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) in reducing depression and suicidal thoughts, as well as improving sleep quality and self-esteem in women with a history of domestic violence.materials and methods: the study employed a quasi-experimental design with pretest–posttest and follow-up phases, including a control group. a total of 45 women with a history of domestic violence were selected using purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. the experimental group received eight weekly mbct sessions, while the control group received no intervention. data were collected using the beck depression inventory (1961), the beck scale for suicidal ideation (1979), the pittsburgh sleep quality index by buysse et al. (1989), and the rosenberg self-esteem scale (1965), and analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (mancova).results: the results indicated that the intervention significantly reduced depression and suicidal ideation and improved sleep quality and self-esteem in both the posttest and follow-up phases (p<0.01).conclusions: these findings underscore the effectiveness of mbct in alleviating the psychological consequences of domestic violence and support its application in support services for affected women.