Exploring the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention among college students in India

Title

Exploring the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention among college students in India

Creator

Antony S.; Neelakantan M.S.

Description

This study investigated the effectiveness of an eight-week mindfulness-based intervention program on the trait mindfulness, psychological well-being and emotion regulation of college-going students. The experimental group participants were college-going students (N = 40) who enrolled for the intervention, and the participants in the control group (N = 40) were interested in the intervention and considered as a wait-list control group. The experimental group underwent mindfulness-based interventions, which included 1112 sessions, including brief exercises and meditations related to their trait mindfulness, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being. They received 23h of training per week for eight weeks. Repeated Measures of ANOVA together with an independent sample t-test were used to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention programme. Further, Cohens d was used to calculate the effect size to explain the variance caused by the intervention program in trait mindfulness, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being. The results indicated that students significantly improved in their trait mindfulness, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being after receiving mindfulness training. In conclusion, the application of this eight-week mindfulness-based intervention sheds light on the common psychological issues confronted by college students in India, presenting itself as an advantageous tool for the professionals working in this field and offering positive effects on the overall well-being of college students. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.

Source

Current Psychology

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Springer

Subject

College students; Mindfulness; Psychological well-being and emotion regulation; Trait mindfulness

Coverage

Antony S., School of Psychological Sciences, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Neelakantan M.S., School of Psychological Sciences, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 10461310

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07148-1

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