在COVID-19大流行期间,英国的正念冥想使用
Otto Simonsson1,2, Stephen D Fisher2
1Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
PloS one
|May 13, 2024
概括
正念冥想现在在英国很常见,有16%的成年人练习它. 虽然大多数用户在COVID-19大流行期间发现了积极的心理健康益处,但四分之一的人报告了负面影响,特别是那些有孩子的人.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,正念冥想的使用及其对心理健康的影响需要检查.
- 了解正念练习的流行率和人口统计学关联是至关重要的.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定在英国的正念冥想使用率.
- 调查与正念实践相关的社会人口和政治因素.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间评估正念冥想对心理健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用来自英国成年人口的重量级在线样本的重复横截面数据.
- 使用后勤回归模型来分析正念使用,社会人口统计学/政治因素和心理健康结果之间的关联.
- 检查了在疫情期间在正念用户中感知到的积极和消极心理健康影响.
主要成果:
- 16%的英国成年人在2021年学会了正念. 在年轻人,伦敦居民和自由民主党选民中使用更为普遍.
- 60%的正念用户报告说,在大流行期间,正面的心理健康影响;24%的人报告说负面影响.
- 拥有18岁以下儿童的受访者更有可能报告负面的心理健康影响 (41%对13%).
结论:
- 正念冥想在英国很普遍,但可能集中在特定的社会人口和政治群体中.
- 大多数用户在疫情期间经历了正念的积极心理健康益处,但很少有人报告了负面影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解正念实践可能对心理健康产生负面影响的情况和人群.
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