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Exploring Mindfulness Attentional Skills Acquisition, Psychological and Physiological Functioning and Well-Being: Using Mindful Breathing or Mindful Listening in a Nonclinical Sample 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Loo, Leong-Min,Prince, Jon B.,Correia, Helen M.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명unknown
  • 출판년도2020
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Psychomusicology
  • 발행사항Vol.30No.3[2020]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0275-3987
  • 소개/요약This study involved applying mindful awareness to external attentional targets by substituting the breath with nature sounds or music in mindfulness practice. We hypothesised that this would influence mindfulness attentional skills acquisition, psychological functioning, physiological wellbeing, and session attendance. Seventy-nine healthy adults either mindfully focused on the breath (Control), nature sounds (Nature Sounds) or music tracks (Music) throughout an eight-week structured group mindfulness programme. Participants completed the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) and session rating questionnaire every session, the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42) at the start and end of the programme. Heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed using the Alive® Programme at the start and end of the programme too. We analysed both quantitative and qualitative outcomes in this study. Both Nature Sounds and Music conditions had enhanced session attendance rates compared to the Control condition. Each condition showed unique patterns of mindfulness attentional skills acquisition. Furthermore, only Nature Sounds and Music conditions showed within-condition reductions in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Participants in Nature Sounds and Music conditions also reported increased likelihood to generalise skills acquired in-session into everyday life, noted imagery, and acknowledged the impermanence of their experiences. Future research should involve applying the current study’s protocol to suitable subclinical populations, to further elucidate the process involved in mindfully attuning to nature sounds and music, to augment mindfulness attentional skills, psychological functioning, physiological wellbeing, and session attendance.