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Daily mindfulness training reduces negative impact of COVID-19 news exposure on affective well-being

Auteurs: Julia W. Y. Kam, Javeria Javed, Chelsie M. Hart, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Lianne M. Tomfohr-Madsen, Caitlin Mills

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2022

Abstract

COVID-19 has led to mental health adversities worldwide. The current study examined whether daily practice of brief mindfulness training has a beneficial impact on affective well-being, and mitigates the negative impact of exposure to COVID-19 news during the pandemic. Participants were randomly assigned into a mindfulness training (MT) group or a waitlist control (WC) group. Participants in the MT group practiced guided mindfulness meditation for a minimum of 10 min each day for 10 days. Both groups completed questionnaires assessing well-being at baseline and after the 10-day period. We also included four ecological momentary assessments (EMA) interspersed throughout the day to measure fine-grained affective states and recent exposure to COVID-19-related news, which has been linked to negative affect. We observed an increase in positive affect in the MT group compared to the WC group in the post-training assessment. However, no group differences emerged in the other three post-training affective measures of negative affect, anxiety and depression. EMA revealed that the MT group also showed more positive affective valence than the WC group across the 10 days. Notably, the WC group reported more negative affective valence following COVID-19 news exposure, whereas the MT group was not impacted. Taken together, our study indicates brief sessions of guided mindfulness meditation during COVID-19 may boost positive affect and serve as a protective buffer against the negative impact of exposure to COVID-19-related news on affective well-being. These findings highlight the utility of mindfulness meditation as an accessible and cost-effective technique to elevate positive affect amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A post hoc power analysis indicated the number of subjects per group needed to achieve the effect size (Cohen’s d = 0.47) on the affective measure in Economides et al. (2018) is n = 13 (= .05, = 80%). This study also included other well-being measures, such as stress and irritability (Cohen’s d = 0.26–0.45). If we considered all their outcomes measures in our power analysis by computing the average effect size across these measures, the number of subjects per group needed to achieve this effect size is 17 (= .05, = 80%).

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Titel: Daily mindfulness training reduces negative impact of COVID-19 news exposure on affective well-being
Auteurs: Julia W. Y. Kam
Javeria Javed
Chelsie M. Hart
Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna
Lianne M. Tomfohr-Madsen
Caitlin Mills
Publicatiedatum: 24-06-2021
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2022
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01550-1

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