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Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Based Group Intervention On College Students 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Parcover, Jason,Coiro, Mary Jo,Finglass, Esther,Barr, Emily
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
  • 출판년도2018
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT PSYCHOTHERAPY
  • 발행사항Vol.32No.4[2018]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN8756-8225
  • 소개/요약Increases in the number of college students seeking mental health services require counseling centers to explore innovative strategies to provide effective and efficient treatments. Group interventions offer an alternative to traditional individual counseling, allowing centers to serve more students with fewer clinical staff (Burlingame et al., 2016). Of current group modalities, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been growing in popularity as an effective approach for addressing college students’ increasingly complex needs. This study describes the evaluation of a three-session mindfulness-based intervention on students’ mindfulness, symptoms, and stress. Compared to a comparison group of 109 students not seeking counseling center services, 78 students who received the intervention reported increased mindfulness, and decreased symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress at the end of the group. Furthermore, improvements in mindfulness mediated intervention effects on symptoms of depression and anxiety. These gains were generally maintained 3 weeks later. These findings support the benefits of brief group interventions for college students. Suggestions for modifications to the intervention and for future research are discussed.