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31-03-2022 | ORIGINAL PAPER

First-Year College Students’ Well-being: 3-Month Follow-up of Mindfulness Intervention and Potential Mechanisms of Change

Auteurs: Kamila Dvořáková, Moé Kishida, Steri Elavsky, Mark Greenberg

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 5/2022

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Abstract

Objectives

We examined 3-month effects of a mindfulness-based intervention with first-year college students. First, we evaluated the intervention effects on measures of life satisfaction and distress. Second, we examined the potential mediators of these effects, in particular a change in mindfulness states and the use of mindfulness practice after the intervention was completed.

Methods

The study recruited 109 first-year undergraduates at a large, public university living in the residential halls (M age = 18.2 years, SD = 0.4, 66% females). The sample was randomized to an intervention and control group and 3 months after the end of the intervention both groups completed follow-up.

Results

We found intervention effects on distress and life satisfaction at the 3-month follow-up, controlling for gender and attendance of therapy before college (distress: Beta =  − 0.177, SE = 0.092, p = 0.055, life satisfaction: Beta = 0.186, SE = 0.075, p = 0.014). Furthermore, we found that the growth in self-reported mindfulness mediated the effects of the intervention at the 3-month follow-up on distress (Beta =  − 0.452, SE = 0.089, p = 0.000), but not on life satisfaction (Beta = 0.081, SE = 0.096, p = 0.394). The use of mindfulness practices after the intervention (between post-test and follow-up) mediated the intervention effects on both distress and life satisfaction at follow-up (distress: Beta =  − 0.231, SE = 0.097, p = 0.018, life satisfaction: Beta = 0.219, SE = 0.074, p = 0.003).

Conclusions

These findings support the notion that self-reported mindfulness can be increased and this shift may mediate the longer term outcomes of mindfulness interventions.
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Titel
First-Year College Students’ Well-being: 3-Month Follow-up of Mindfulness Intervention and Potential Mechanisms of Change
Auteurs
Kamila Dvořáková
Moé Kishida
Steri Elavsky
Mark Greenberg
Publicatiedatum
31-03-2022
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Mindfulness / Uitgave 5/2022
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01872-0