A Brief Mindfulness Intervention for Healthy College Students and Its Effects on Psychological Distress, Self-Control, Meta-Mood, and Subjective Vitality. Canby, N. K., Cameron, I. M., Calhoun, A. T., & Buchanan, G. M. Mindfulness, 6(5):1071–1081, October, 2015.
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This study investigated the effects of a 6-week adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on the psychological health and well-being of college students. The experimental group participants were students and faculty (N = 19) who signed up for the mindfulness-based class, and the control group participants (N = 25) were interested in the class but were unable to sign up in time to enroll. Participants were surveyed three times on a range of self-report psychological variables including symptoms of psychological distress, emotional awareness, self-control, day-to-day mindfulness, and subjective vitality. A control group took the same surveys but did not receive any treatment. The adapted-MBSR intervention significantly reduced psychological distress in the experimental group participants as compared to the control group (p = .027, η2 = .161) and significantly increased self reported mindful awareness (p = .028, η2 = .160), self-control (p = .007, η2 = .216), and subjective vitality (p = .001, η2 = .293), while meta-mood was not affected (p = .314, η2 = .055). We concluded that MBSR has wide-ranging positive effects on college students, and would be beneficial as a campus stress reduction and preventative mental health intervention.
@article{canby_brief_2015,
	title = {A {Brief} {Mindfulness} {Intervention} for {Healthy} {College} {Students} and {Its} {Effects} on {Psychological} {Distress}, {Self}-{Control}, {Meta}-{Mood}, and {Subjective} {Vitality}},
	volume = {6},
	issn = {1868-8535},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-014-0356-5},
	doi = {10.1007/s12671-014-0356-5},
	abstract = {This study investigated the effects of a 6-week adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on the psychological health and well-being of college students. The experimental group participants were students and faculty (N = 19) who signed up for the mindfulness-based class, and the control group participants (N = 25) were interested in the class but were unable to sign up in time to enroll. Participants were surveyed three times on a range of self-report psychological variables including symptoms of psychological distress, emotional awareness, self-control, day-to-day mindfulness, and subjective vitality. A control group took the same surveys but did not receive any treatment. The adapted-MBSR intervention significantly reduced psychological distress in the experimental group participants as compared to the control group (p = .027, η2 = .161) and significantly increased self reported mindful awareness (p = .028, η2 = .160), self-control (p = .007, η2 = .216), and subjective vitality (p = .001, η2 = .293), while meta-mood was not affected (p = .314, η2 = .055). We concluded that MBSR has wide-ranging positive effects on college students, and would be beneficial as a campus stress reduction and preventative mental health intervention.},
	language = {en},
	number = {5},
	urldate = {2019-12-22},
	journal = {Mindfulness},
	author = {Canby, Nicholas K. and Cameron, Ian M. and Calhoun, Amrit T. and Buchanan, Gregory M.},
	month = oct,
	year = {2015},
	pages = {1071--1081}
}

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