Evaluation of curricular mindfulness micro-interventions to support college student resilience: a pilot study.
Sarah Lee, Caroline Umeda, Gina Tucker-Roghi, Benjamin D Rosenberg, Kiara Gutierrez, Savannah Dale, Lauren Kirkland
Journal of American College Health March 28, 2025 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2479702 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Mixed-methods quasi-experimental design Pilot study Qualitative Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 267 |
| Population | Students and faculty at a small university |
| Intervention | curricular resilience micro-interventions |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Access and equity Curricular micro-interventions Implementation feasibility Resilience Student well-being |
| Key findings | Curricular resilience micro-interventions are feasible to implement in the classroom and are perceived by students and faculty as having a positive impact on student resilience and well-being. |
Abstract
Objective: This study addressed two research questions: (1) What is the feasibility of embedding curricular resilience micro-interventions across campus at a small university? (2) How do students and faculty describe their experiences of participating in resilience micro-interventions?
Participants: 12 faculty, 267 students.
Methods: Mixed-methods, quasi-experimental design. Faculty were randomly assigned to either implement curricular micro-interventions (the experimental group) or not (the control group). Student participants completed three surveys: pre-, mid-, and post-test. Six experimental group faculty completed a post-study focus group.
Results: Qualitative data indicated micro-interventions are feasible to implement (RQ1), and students responded well and perceived a positive impact on their lives (RQ2).
Conclusions: Resilience micro-interventions are feasible to implement in the classroom and show promise for supporting student resilience and well-being. Future research directions include studying their long-term impact, scalability, and effectiveness in diverse educational contexts.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |