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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Reduces Psychological Distress in College Students 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Felver, Joshua C.,Morton, Melissa L.,Clawson, Adam J.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명PROJECT INNOVATION INC
  • 출판년도2018
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기COLLEGE STUDENT JOURNAL
  • 발행사항Vol.52No.3[2018]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0146-3934
  • 소개/요약Problem: Undergraduate and graduate students frequently experience psychological distress that often results in impairment and psychopathology, and effective interventions are thus needed. This work represents a replication of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce psychological distress; secondary objectives include: evaluating participant characteristics related to differential outcomes; exploring predictors of attrition; testing dose-response relations between attendance and practice, and psychological distress. Method: Twenty-one postsecondary students enrolled in MBSR. Using a non-experimental longitudinal design, student data collection included: psychological distress, trait mindfulness, attendance, and home-practice. Results: Repeated measures ANOVA yielded statistically significant reductions to psychological distress and increases in trait mindfulness. Mindfulness did not significantly moderate intervention effectiveness; no measured variable predicted attrition; and there was no observed dose-response relation. Conclusions: MBSR can reduce psychological distress in postsecondary students, however more research using larger samples is needed to fully understand this contemplative intervention.