Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial

dc.contributor.authorSousa, Geovan Menezes de
dc.contributor.authorLima-Araújo, Geissy Lainny de
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, Dráulio Barros de
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-11T17:31:03Z
dc.date.available2021-03-11T17:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-01
dc.description.resumoBackground Psychological distress in University settings has grown and became a public health concern. In this context, contemplative practices such as mindfulness have been proposed as a strategy to help students on stress management. Methods Forty university students (20 female), aged between 18 to 30 years (mean = 24.15; SD = 3.56), with no previous experience with meditation or yoga were recruited at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and randomized to a mindfulness training (MT) or active control (AC) groups. We analyzed measures of anxiety, affect, stress, as well as state and trait mindfulness in order to evaluate the effects of trait mindfulness and a brief mindfulness intervention in forty healthy young students. Participants were classified as Low (n = 27, females = 13) or High (n = 13, females = 7) Trait Mindfulness by k-means clustering and compared between them using Wilcoxon sum rank test. Furthermore, the sample was randomly allocated to an AC (n = 20, females = 10) or a MT (n = 20, females = 10) group, and mixed analysis of variance was performed to analyze the effect of interventions. The mechanisms and role of trait mindfulness in the intervention was assessed by a moderated mediation analysis. Results We found that High Trait individuals have lower anxiety trait, anxiety state and perceived stress levels. Only the MT group reduced their anxiety state and perceived stress after the intervention and increased their state mindfulness. Both groups reduced negative affect and cortisol, and no change was found in positive affect. Moderated mediation analysis showed that the training-induced change in state mindfulness mediated the increase in positive affect and the decrease in perceived stress and cortisol, regardless of trait mindfulness. For anxiety state the decrease only occurred in individuals with High Trait Mindfulness. Conclusions Together, these results suggest that higher trait mindfulness is associated with low levels of psychological distress and that a brief mindfulness-based intervention seems to be useful to reduce distress measures in university students. Trial registration ReBEC, U1111-1194-8661. Registered 28 March 2017-Retrospectively registered, http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-7b8yh8pt_BR
dc.identifier.citationSOUSA, Geovan Menezes de; LIMA-ARAÚJO, Geissy Lainny de; ARAÚJO, Dráulio Barros de; SOUSA, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de. Brief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trial. Bmc Psychology, [S.L.], v. 9, n. 1, p. 21, fev. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00520-x. Disponível em: https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-021-00520-x. Acesso em: 11 mar. 2021.pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s40359-021-00520-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31808
dc.languageenpt_BR
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCpt_BR
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Brazil*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/*
dc.subjectMindfulness trainingpt_BR
dc.subjectPsychological distresspt_BR
dc.subjectTrait mindfulnesspt_BR
dc.subjectPsychological well‑beingpt_BR
dc.subjectCortisolpt_BR
dc.titleBrief mindfulness-based training and mindfulness trait attenuate psychological stress in university students: a randomized controlled trialpt_BR
dc.typearticlept_BR

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