Bartos L Javier, Funes María J, Ouellet Marc, Posadas M Pilar, Krägeloh Chris
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 21;12:642992. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.642992. eCollection 2021.
Here, we report on a quasi-experimental study to explore the applicability and perceived benefits of the CRAFT program, which is based on mindfulness, yoga, positive psychology, and emotional intelligence, to improve higher education student musicians' health and well-being during the lockdown. A subset of student musicians at a Higher Conservatory of Music in Spain followed the CRAFT program during the academic year 2019/2020, 1 h per week as part of their curriculum. Students enrolled in CRAFT-based elective subjects formed the CRAFT program group ( = 40), while other students represented the control group ( = 53). The onset of the national lockdown elicited by the COVID-19 pandemic occurred halfway through the program, which was subsequently delivered in an online format. We administered an online survey to explore the effect that the exposure to the CRAFT program had in terms of how participants dealt with various health and well-being concerns arising from the COVID-19 lockdown. There was a significantly higher proportion of proactive participants in the CRAFT program group, 92%, than in the control group, 58%, in terms of implementing practices to improve their health and well-being during the lockdown. Additionally, significantly more participants acknowledged perceived benefits from their practices in the CRAFT program group, 78%, than in the control group, 52%. Among proactive participants, yoga/meditation was the most implemented in the CRAFT program group, followed by exercise, and other yoga/meditation practices, whereas in the control group, exercise and Alexander technique-based practices were the most applied. In the CRAFT program group, the highest rate of perceived benefits was from yoga/meditation CRAFT-based practices, 51%, followed by exercise, 32%, and other yoga/meditation practices, 27%, whereas in the control group, benefits were reported by 29% of exercising participants and 16% for those having practiced the Alexander technique. A similar pattern was observed when excluding participants with previous yoga/meditation experience. This study revealed how participants can independently apply learned skills from the CRAFT program in response to a naturally occurring life event of unprecedented global impact, suggesting that previous exposure to mindfulness and yoga is likely to have a beneficial effect on how young adults react towards exceptionally stressful conditions.
在此，我们报告一项准实验研究，以探讨基于正念、瑜伽、积极心理学和情商的CRAFT计划在封锁期间改善高等教育学生音乐家的健康和幸福感方面的适用性和感知到的益处。西班牙一所高等音乐学院的一部分学生音乐家在2019/2020学年参加了CRAFT计划，每周1小时，作为他们课程的一部分。参加基于CRAFT的选修科目的学生组成了CRAFT计划组（n = 40），而其他学生则作为对照组（n = 53）。由COVID-19大流行引发的全国封锁在该计划进行到一半时开始，该计划随后以在线形式进行。我们进行了一项在线调查，以探讨参与CRAFT计划对参与者应对因COVID-19封锁而产生的各种健康和幸福感问题的影响。在封锁期间实施改善健康和幸福感的措施方面，CRAFT计划组中积极主动的参与者比例（92%）显著高于对照组（58%）。此外，CRAFT计划组中认可从其做法中获得益处的参与者比例（78%）也显著高于对照组（52%）。在积极主动的参与者中，瑜伽/冥想在CRAFT计划组中实施得最多，其次是锻炼和其他瑜伽/冥想练习，而在对照组中，锻炼和基于亚历山大技术的练习应用得最多。在CRAFT计划组中，感知到的益处比例最高的是基于CRAFT的瑜伽/冥想练习（51%），其次是锻炼（32%）和其他瑜伽/冥想练习（27%），而在对照组中，锻炼的参与者中有29%报告了益处，练习亚历山大技术的参与者中有16%报告了益处。在排除有过瑜伽/冥想经验的参与者后，观察到了类似的模式。这项研究揭示了参与者如何能够独立应用从CRAFT计划中学到的技能来应对具有前所未有的全球影响的自然发生的生活事件，这表明之前接触正念和瑜伽可能会对年轻人应对极端压力状况的方式产生有益影响。
