Mindfulness training programme for undergraduate and graduate students with depression, anxiety and stress symptoms: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Assumpção, Alessandra Almeida; Neufeld, Carmem Beatriz; Teodoro, Maycoln

doi:10.4103/2542-3932.238434

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“…All aspects of mental health, including physical symptoms, social functioning, symptoms of anxiety and insomnia, and depression, showed significant differences at various stages, with mental health in the family being higher in the post-test and follow-up stages than in the pre-test. This result is consistent with the existing literature (Assumpcao et al, 2019;Azunny et al, 2020;Bao, 2022;da Silva et al, 2023;Hosein Esfand Zad et al, 2017;Kumar et al, 2022;Liu et al, 2021;Nejat et al, 2020;Rahmani, 2020;Sabouri & Mansouri, 2022;Sun et al, 2021;Torfiamidpoor et al, 2022;Vidic & Cherup, 2019;Vigil, 2022). The flexibility brought about by mindfulness therapy in patients with bipolar disorder enables the patient to establish friendly and emotional relationships with other family members and even with people outside the family environment.…”

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Effectiveness of Positive-Focused Mindfulness Therapy on Mental Well-being, Quality of Life, and Stress Coping Strategies in Women with Bipolar Disorder

Boostani,

Tabatabaeinejad

2023

KMAN Counsel and Psych Nexus

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The primary objective of the current research was to determine the effectiveness of positive-focused mindfulness therapy on mental well-being, quality of life, and stress coping strategies in women diagnosed with bipolar disorder in Kashan city. This study was conducted as a quasi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test alongside a control group, and the research population included all women diagnosed with bipolar disorder attending psychiatric centers in Kashan. Initially, registration was carried out by contacting individuals who had records in these centers or were referred by specialists, and 30 of them, who met the study criteria, were selected. The sample was randomly divided into experimental and control groups, and the study was conducted on them. The positive-focused mindfulness therapy consisted of 12 sessions of 90 minutes of mindfulness training derived from the protocol by Tabatabai Nejad et al. (2018). Meanwhile, the control group did not receive any form of training. This research was concluded in March 2023. The instruments used in this study included the 26-item Quality of Life questionnaire (1996), the 45-item Mental Well-being questionnaire by Keyes and Magyar-Moe (2003), and the 18-item Life Stress questionnaire (1993). Variance analysis was employed to test the hypotheses in this study. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group in comparison to the control group in terms of quality of life, mental well-being, and stress coping strategies (P<0.01). The findings from this research indicate the impact of positive-focused mindfulness therapy in improving the quality of life, mental well-being, and stress in women with bipolar disorder. Therefore, positive-focused mindfulness therapy, alongside other therapeutic methods, can be effective in improving the psychological symptoms of women with bipolar disorder.

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Effectiveness of Positive-Focused Mindfulness Therapy on Mental Well-being, Quality of Life, and Stress Coping Strategies in Women with Bipolar Disorder

Boostani,

Tabatabaeinejad

2023

KMAN Counsel and Psych Nexus

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“…As hypothesized, such a program reduced students’ depression and increased their subjective happiness. Other similar studies conducted on student samples also showed a decrease in depression after taking mindfulness intervention (Assumpcao et al, 2019; Gallego et al, 2015). There have been no other studies investigating the effect of a mindfulness-based intervention based on MBCT on subjective happiness in a student sample.…”

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Impact of a Brief Mindfulness Training on Anxiety, Depression, and Subjective Happiness of the First-Year Psychology Students in Russia: Pilot Case Study of Ural Federal University

Skolzkov

Efremova

2023

SAGE Open

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According to Russian researchers, university studies is among the most stressful activities for a person. First-year university students are particularly vulnerable to stress. The use of mindfulness-based programs to help students reduce and manage stress is gaining popularity around the world. Previous research has shown that such programs can improve the psychological well-being of students by reducing levels of anxiety and depression. In addition, students in helping majors, such as psychology students, would greatly benefit from mastering the skills of managing stress, as anxiety and stress are pertinent to their future profession. This pilot case study assesses the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness training aimed at improving Russian students’ mental and physical health. The participants were 83 first-year undergraduate students from the Psychology Department of the Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin. Data collection was completed in November 2019. A non-randomized controlled trial was conducted using a brief mindfulness training. The results show that the participants in the experimental group demonstrated significantly lower levels of depression (η2 = .07, p = .00) and significantly higher levels of subjective happiness (η2 = .02, p = .02) than participants in the control group. Also, the participants in the experimental group showed marginally significant lower levels of anxiety (η2 = .02, p = .06). Frequent mindfulness meditation practice and the study of theoretical materials were associated with higher rates of psychological well-being of students. The findings suggest that mindfulness training may be an effective tool in addressing psychological challenges experienced by first-year students of the Psychology Department of Ural Federal University.

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“…Furthermore, mindfulness training enhances the adaptive processing of thoughts and emotions, which underlie the issues related to stress and anxiety. Mindfulness techniques, by providing opportunities for meditation, are effective in muscle relaxation, reducing worry, stress, and anxiety (19). Mindfulness exercises adjust the response to stress and enhance the ability for a flexible response, improving adaptability with oneself and others, strengthening the interaction of mind and empathy, and ultimately preventing the emergence of harmful thoughts such as suicide.…”

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“…The adolescents in the experimental group were provided with mindfulness training over eight 60-minute sessions (17,19). The sixth session focuses on cultivating positive emotions through mindfulness.…”

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The Effectiveness of Group Mindfulness Training on Psychological Flexibility and Perceived Stress in Adolescents of Divorce

Abbasi,

Bagheri,

Jafari

et al. 2023

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This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of group mindfulness training on psychological flexibility and perceived stress in adolescents of divorce. The research method was quasi-experimental, employing a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The population consisted of adolescents of divorce who had visited a counseling and psychological services clinic in Tehran in 2022. The sample included 28 adolescents of divorce selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. Questionnaires were used to collect data on psychological flexibility and perceived stress. The adolescents in the experimental group received mindfulness training in eight 60-minute sessions. The findings indicated that there was a significant difference in the mean scores between the two groups for both psychological flexibility and perceived stress variables. Given the results, it can be said that group mindfulness training has an effect on psychological flexibility and perceived stress in adolescents of divorce.

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Mindfulness training programme for undergraduate and graduate students with depression, anxiety and stress symptoms: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Effectiveness of Positive-Focused Mindfulness Therapy on Mental Well-being, Quality of Life, and Stress Coping Strategies in Women with Bipolar Disorder

Effectiveness of Positive-Focused Mindfulness Therapy on Mental Well-being, Quality of Life, and Stress Coping Strategies in Women with Bipolar Disorder

Impact of a Brief Mindfulness Training on Anxiety, Depression, and Subjective Happiness of the First-Year Psychology Students in Russia: Pilot Case Study of Ural Federal University

The Effectiveness of Group Mindfulness Training on Psychological Flexibility and Perceived Stress in Adolescents of Divorce

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