Mindfulness-based Intervention to Reduce Stress among College Students
Tania Alifiara Arijanto, Yahya Muhidin, M. Fahmi Aufar Asyraf, Endang Tri Wahyuni, Rifandy Alif Agrianto
Indonesian Psychological Research February 2, 2025 DOI: 10.29080/ipr.v7i1.1381 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | One-group pretest-posttest experimental design Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 40 |
| Population | Psychology college students at X university |
| Duration | 2-week intervention program |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Intervention counseling Stress linguistics Clinical psychology Psychotherapist Medical education |
| Key findings | MBSR-based training significantly reduced stress levels in college students, with female students experiencing greater stress reduction than male students. |
Abstract
College students as young adults have several expectations and burden from the society, including they who majored psychology with tough workloads and expectations. Current research aim to determine the impact of MBSR-based intervention to reduce stress levels in College students. The research method used was an one group pretest-posttest experimental research design with 40 Psychology of X student as participants using purposive sampling techniques and PSS-10 data collection techniques. The intervention used was mindfulness-based training to reduce stress (MBSR) with 2-weeks intervention program. The analysis techniques used were paired t-test (sig 0.000 < 0.05) and cross-tabulation (men = 6.73; women = 9.81). The results shows that there was a significant effect of MBSR-based training on reducing stress in College students; which female students have a greater level of stress reduction than men students. This research proves that mindfulness-based training is able to reduce stress in college students.
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 |
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