Cultivating well-being in engineering graduate students through mindfulness training
PLoS One March 22, 2023 W. Crone, Pelin Kesebir, Beverly Hays et al.
A two-phase randomized controlled trial tested an eight-week mindfulness training program for engineering graduate students. Compared to wait-list controls, participants who received the training showed statistically significant improvements in emotional health, increased positive affect, decreased negative affect, decreased neuroticism, and increased mindfulness. In the second phase, the intervention group also reported significantly greater satisfaction with their research. The authors suggest that mindfulness training could serve a valuable role in professional and personal development within graduate engineering education.