正念和放松干预措施减少了寡妇的抑郁,负面影响和压力
Lindsey M Knowles1, Deanna M Kaplan2, Melissa Flores3
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Journal of loss & trauma
|October 17, 2025
概括
正念训练 (MT) 和渐进性肌肉放松 (PMR) 干预措施有效地减少了寡妇的抑郁症状和负面影响. 与MT和等待列表控制相比,PMR对与悲伤相关的结果显示出更广泛的益处.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 心灵与身体的干预
背景情况:
- 悲伤是影响心理健康的重要压力因素.
- 像正念训练 (MT) 和渐进肌肉放松 (PMR) 这样的心身干预措施显示出减轻悲伤的负面影响的潜力.
- 现有研究强调,需要探索这些干预措施在悲伤的人群中的具体结果.
研究的目的:
- 研究MT和PMR对寡妇的二次心理结果的影响.
- 为了比较MT,PMR和等待名单对照组对抑郁症状,情绪,压力,正念,应对灵活性,睡眠质量,生活满意度和孤独的疗效.
主要方法:
- 94名寡妇被随机分配到6周的MT组,PMR组或等待列表条件.
- 参与者年龄较大,主要是白色女性,他们已经丧偶一年多了.
- 标准化措施评估了抑郁症状,压力,影响,正念,应对灵活性,睡眠质量,生活满意度和孤独在基线,干预后和1个月的随访.
主要成果:
- 与干预后的等待列表组相比,MT和PMR都显著减少了抑郁症状和负面影响.
- 与等待列表相比,MT从基线到1个月的随访中显示出感知压力的更大降低.
- 没有发现注意力,应对灵活性,睡眠质量,生活满意度或条件之间的孤独之间存在显著差异.
结论:
- MT和PMR干预为经历悲伤的寡妇提供了心理上的好处.
- 基于先前的研究,PMR可能比MT更有效地改善更广泛的悲伤相关结果.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这些干预措施对各种悲伤结果的差异性影响和长期影响.
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