Pilot Study: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention on College Students
Divya Sinha, Hemalatha Ramachandran
International Journal of Indian Psychology September 1, 2018 DOI: 10.25215/0603.057 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Pilot study (experimental and control group comparison) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 40 |
| Population | Female college students aged 18-22 years |
| Intervention | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) |
| Duration | 8-week intervention |
| Measures | KIMS, Perceived Stress Scale, Stroop task, change detection task |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key findings | The abstract reports the design of a pilot study testing whether 8 weeks of MBSR increases mindfulness and affects attention and perceived stress in 40 female college students, 20 in an experimental group and 20 in a control group. No results or conclusions are presented. |
Abstract
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was used as a pilot study that focused on young female adults in the age group of 18-22 years. Sample size of this study was 40 female college students. Out of which 20 were in experimental group and the other 20 as control group. Screening of the subjects was done using Demographic Questionnaire. The study will measure the effect of MBSR intervention of 8-weeks on individual to be more mindful and its effect on its attention and perception of stress using the task stroop, change detection and KIMS and perceived stress scale.
Comparable studies
Other non-randomized and open-label trials on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Relation to Quality of Life, Mood, Symptoms of Stress, and Immune Parameters in Breast and Prostate Cancer Outpatients Early-stage breast and prostate cancer patients | 2003 | Pre-post intervention study | n = 59 |
| Exploring self‐compassion and empathy in the context of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) Community sample | 2010 | Pre-post intervention study | |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Lowers Psychological Distress In Medical Students Second-year medical students | 2003 | Prospective nonrandomized cohort-controlled study | n = 302 |
| Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Retreat participants and matched controls | 2011 | Controlled trial with wait-list control group | n = 60 |
| The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents Children aged 8-12 with ADHD and their parents | 2011 | Within-group waitlist controlled trial | n = 22 |
Citations in the library
Cites 5
- Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience August 13, 2007
- Mindfulness‐based stress reduction and attentional control Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy November 1, 2007
- Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density Psychiatry Research November 10, 2010
- Attentional processes and meditation. Consciousness and Cognition April 28, 2010
- Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience June 2007