The meditation of full consciousness and the sessions of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy would be as beneficial to reduce stress. However, the positive effects of the full consciousness meditation would be more numerous, according to the results of a test préliminaire1.
In addition to the level of stress, the American researchers valued the level of energy and depression of the participants as well as their psychological well-being and their capacity of concentration.
The two methods had similar beneficial results for the participants of the two groups on the level of stress felt, of depression and general psychological well-being. However, only the topics of the meditation group felt beneficial effects on their attention span and on their level of energy.
Among the 50 participants, 36 submitted, during eight weeks, to weekly sessions of full consciousness meditation (mindfulness-based stress reduction) and 14 participated in eight sessions of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy aiming to reduce their level of stress.
The sessions of meditation called on techniques of visualization, breathing, yoga and bodily consciousness. The meetings in psychotherapy aimed to modify the manner to think some participants in order to reduce their psycho-bodily distress.
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