Abstract
Background: Theoretically, mindfulness or the non-judgmental awareness of the present generates eudaimonic well-being. Mindfulness-based interventions are effective for addictions like alcohol-dependence but its well-being outcomes should be validated empirically. Objectives: Current pilot study intended to explore the feasibility of a novel intervention, Mindfulness-Based Eudaimonic Enhancement Training (MEET), among individuals undergoing treatment for alcohol-dependence at an Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts (IRCA), Kerala, India. Methods: The experimental group (N=12) was administered with the intervention and Treatment as Usual (TaU) while the control group (N=12) received TaU alone. Obtained data were analysed using independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test. Results: After intervention the experimental group had reported better mindfulness, eudaimonic well-being, hedonic well-being, and flourishing. The results delineate the efficacy of the intervention as a mindfulness-based positive psychology intervention that enhances well-being and flourishing. Conclusion: This is the first study reporting the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention aimed exclusively at eudaimonic enhancement that showed promising impact among individuals with alcohol-dependence. The study contributes to the existing scientific literature, on the role of well-being and its enhancement for the effective treatment of addiction and relapse prevention.
Highlights
There are two major perspectives on human well-being – hedonia and eudaimonia [1 - 3]
This is the first study reporting the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention aimed exclusively at eudaimonic enhancement that showed promising impact among individuals with alcohol-dependence
The results showed normal distribution for the pre-intervention experimental group’s scores on eudaimonia (W=.935, p=.430), mindfulness (W=.932, p=.406), hedonia (W=.931, p=.396), and flourishing (W=.876, p=.079)
Summary
There are two major perspectives on human well-being – hedonia and eudaimonia [1 - 3]. Believed to have originated in Greece, the Aristippian concept of hedonia refers to “the pursuit and/or experience of pleasure, enjoyment, comfort, and reduced pain”. The Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia is “the pursuit, manifestation, and/or experience of virtue, personal growth, self-actualization, flourishing, excellence, and meaning” [4]. Psychotherapies too focus on improving hedonic well-being, largely ignoring the human needs that greatly exceed mere hedonia. Positive psychology, “the scientific study of what makes life most worth living” [7], addresses how eudaimonia shall be enhanced [8, 9], there is an imperative need of an intervention that exclusively focuses on eudaimonic enhancement. Six Positive relationships – empathy, Body scan, mindful happiness, contentment & meaning breathing in life. Mindfulness-based interventions are effective for addictions like alcohol-dependence but its well-being outcomes should be validated empirically
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