Daily change patterns in mindfulness and psychological health: A pilot intervention
Shin Ye Kim1, Hanna Suh2, Wonjung Oh1
1Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Objective:
This study examined the differences in first-year college students' daily change trajectories in subjective happiness, depression, anxiety, stress, and state mindfulness.
Method:
A 5-day, online mindfulness-based intervention (MI) condition and stress management (SM) condition were employed in 247 first-year college students.
Results:
Students in both the MI and SM conditions displayed similar significant linear declines in anxiety and stress, but there were significant differences between the two conditions, including: (1) the MI condition showing a significant linear increase in subjective happiness compared with no change in the SM condition and (2) the SM condition showed a significant linear decrease in depression compared to no significant change in the MI condition.
Conclusion:
Brief online interventions-whether MI or SM-can promote better mental health and reduce psychological distress. The results also lend support for MI's differential influence on first-year college students' happiness and SM's differential influence on their depression.
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