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Effectiveness of web-based mindfulness program on college students with social network addiction
Li Yang1, Lv Na2, Jia Xiang Rui3
1Department of Nursing, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China.
Aims:
In this study a web-based mindfulness cultivation program was implemented to investigate its effectiveness on the addiction symptoms and negative emotions of college students with social network addiction.
Methods:
A total of 66 students were recruited and randomly divided into the intervention group or the control group. Participants in the intervention group received a web-based mindfulness cultivation program including the group training and self-cultivating. The primary outcome was addiction level, and the secondary outcome was anxiety, depression and perceived stress. Repeated measures analysis of variance were utilized to analyze the differences between the control and intervention group over the course of the intervention and the follow-up.
Results:
There were significant interaction effects on addiction level (F = 39.39, P < .00), anxiety (F = 31.17, P < .00), depression (F = 37.93, P < .00) and perceived stress (F = 22.04, P < .00).
Conclusion:
A web-based mindfulness cultivation program could improve the addiction level and negative emotions of college students with social network addiction.
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