Department of Movement Science, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA.
Department of Statistics, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2022 Feb-Mar;70(2):493-500. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1754839. Epub 2020 May 5.
To explore differences in mindfulness, happiness, and perceived anxiety in a sample of college students before and after taking a meditation course.
Participants were college students at a primarily undergraduate institution enrolled in an experiential meditation class ( = 74) and a non-meditation class comparison group ( = 73).
The study design was a before-after observational study with two groups and three dependent variables: the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale, the State Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Subjective Happiness Scale.
Students in the meditation course increased average subjective happiness and mindfulness attention awareness. Mindfulness scores increased and anxiety decreased more for students in the meditation class compared to students in the psychosocial class.
This research provides evidence that taking a semester long meditation course is associated with improvements in college student well-being.
在参加冥想课程前后，探索大学生群体中正念、幸福感和感知焦虑的差异。
参加体验式冥想课程的大学生（ = 74）和非冥想课程对照组（ = 73）。
研究设计为前后观察研究，设有两个组和三个因变量：正念注意觉察量表、状态特质焦虑量表和主观幸福感量表。
冥想课程组学生的平均主观幸福感和正念注意力意识增强。与社会心理课程组的学生相比，冥想课程组学生的正念评分提高，焦虑感降低。
这项研究提供了证据，表明参加一个学期的冥想课程与大学生幸福感的提高有关。
