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Can clinical psychology students benefit from brief and intensive mindfulness training?
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Schanche, Elisabeth,Vøllestad, Jon,Binder, Per Einar,Osnes, Berge,Visted, Endre,Svendsen, Julie Lillebostad,Sørensen, Lin
- 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor & Francis
- 출판년도2020
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
- 발행사항Vol.20No.2[2020]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1473-3145
- 소개/요약This pilot study aimed to examine the impact of mindfulness training on skills relevant for the well-being and therapeutic functioning of clinical psychology students. Twenty-five psychology students took part in an intensive mindfulness training, consisting of three 2,5 hour sessions and one all-day silent retreat. The students filled out self-report measures of rumination, emotional reactivity to stress, difficulties with emotion regulation, mindfulness and self-compassion. They also completed two cognitive tests (revised version of the Attention network test and a Stroop color-word inference task) before and after the course. The students reported significant decreases in in rumination ( d = 0.75, p = .001), emotional reactivity to stress ( d = 0.81, p = .001), and difficulties in emotion regulation ( d = 0.57, p = .008). They also reported increased mindfulness ( d = 0.93, p = .001) and self-compassion ( d = 0.81, p = .001). On both cognitive performance tests, the students showed an increase in executive control, that is the ability to prioritize among competing thoughts, feelings and responses (ANT, d = 1.48; p = .001; Stroop: d = 0.63; p = .004). The students also showed a moderate increase in cognitive flexibility ( d = 0.66; p = .003) measured by Stroop. Conclusions: The study indicates that it may be potentially beneficial to introduce personal mindfulness practice as a way of preparing novice therapist for their coming profession. The findings also support the potential value of including measures of attentional capacities in future studies of psychotherapy training.
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