Mindfulness Behavior And Its Effects On Anxiety
i-manager's Journal on Educational Psychology 2016 DOI: 10.26634/jpsy.9.4.5968 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 29 |
| Population | Master's-level counseling students enrolled in counseling skills courses at a South West State University |
| Intervention | One-pointed breathing meditation |
| Duration | Five minutes at the beginning of each class |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Key findings | Students in the meditation treatment condition showed a significant reduction in anxiety, while no significant changes in mindfulness were noted. The authors interpret this as evidence that brief in-class meditation may lower anxiety but did not find corresponding increases in mindfulness. |
Abstract
A quasi experimental study was conducted at a South West State University counseling program to investigate if using meditation techniques would lower levels of anxiety and create mindfulness attention awareness among counseling students enrolled in a counseling skills course, taught in a masters-level counseling program. A total of 29 students were recruited from three counseling skills courses, two of which were included in the treatment condition and one was designated as the control condition. Students in the treatment condition were instructed in one pointed breathing meditation and it was practiced for five minutes at the beginning of each class. The results indicated that, there was a significant reduction in anxiety in the treatment group; however, no significant changes in mindfulness were noted.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Being present in the face of existential threat: The role of trait mindfulness in reducing defensive responses to mortality salience. | 2010 | Experimental study | |
| Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation-related anxiety relief Healthy adults with no prior meditation experience | 2013 | Within-subjects experimental study | n = 15 |
| Intensive mindfulness training-related changes in cognitive and emotional experience Community adults | 2009 | Quasi-experimental and longitudinal | n = 69 |
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