在COVID-19期间通过WeActive和WeMindful干预措施减少大学生焦虑和增强正念
Logan T Harrison1, Michele W Marenus1, Weiyun Chen1
1School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 10, 2024
概括
虚拟炼和正念计划在COVID-19大流行期间有效地减少了大学生的焦虑. 无论是WeActive (有氧/抵抗训练) 还是WeMindful (正念运动) 都显示出持续的焦虑减轻,WeMindful也改善了正念.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 运动科学 运动科学
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,大学生们的焦虑和压力显著增加.
- 虚拟干预成为在封锁期间保持身体和精神健康的关键工具.
- 了解不同虚拟炼模式的有效性对于学生心理健康支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估两个虚拟干预对大学生焦虑和正念的直接和持续影响.
- 为了比较虚拟有氧和抵抗训练计划 (WeActive) 与正念运动计划 (WeMindful) 的影响.
主要方法:
- 60名大学生被随机分配到WeActive (n=36) 或WeMindful (n=24) 组中.
- 参与者每周参加两次30分钟的虚拟会议,持续8周.
- 在测试前,测试后和随访时,使用通用焦虑障碍量表和五方面注意力调查问卷来评估焦虑和正念.
主要成果:
- 无论是WeActive还是WeMindful组,随着时间的推移,焦虑水平都显著降低.
- 在两组干预组的六周随访期间,焦虑的减少持续了.
- 从测试前到后续,WeMindful组的正念显著增加.
结论:
- 虚拟有氧和抵抗训练 (WeActive) 和正念运动 (WeMindful) 有效地减少大学生焦虑.
- 正念运动特别提高了这一群体的正念水平.
- 对焦虑的积极影响在干预后的短期内持续存在,这突显了虚拟健康计划的价值.
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