Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of Health & Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Aug-Sep;72(6):1646-1650. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2086007. Epub 2022 Jun 21.
The benefits of mindfulness-training and mentoring for college students have yet to be investigated. We aimed to provide an exploratory and descriptive account of their potential benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2020, 49 undergraduates ( = 20.51 years-old; 94% female) participated in a randomized trial of 12-week mentoring + mindfulness or mentoring-as-usual. After five weekly mentoring-sessions, programs were interrupted by COVID-19; mentoring continued online. Undergraduates completed questionnaires about mental health, behaviors, and regulatory processes in February and July 2020, with additional COVID-19-related questions at follow-up. Participants reported moderate COVID-19-related perceived stress, but mental health, health behaviors, and regulatory processes did not diminish over time, with no condition differences. Undergraduates described using contemplative practices and social support to cope with COVID-19-stress. Undergraduates showed stable mental health/health behaviors despite moderate COVID-19-related-stress. Future research on mentoring with a mindfulness component among a larger and more heterogeneous sample will be necessary.
正念训练和指导对大学生的益处尚未得到调查。我们旨在在 COVID-19 大流行期间提供对其潜在益处的探索性和描述性说明。2020 年 2 月，49 名本科生（= 20.51 岁；94%女性）参加了为期 12 周的指导+正念或常规指导的随机试验。在进行了五周的指导后，由于 COVID-19 项目被中断；指导转为在线进行。本科生在 2020 年 2 月和 7 月完成了关于心理健康、行为和调节过程的问卷，并在随访时增加了与 COVID-19 相关的问题。参与者报告了中度 COVID-19 相关的感知压力，但心理健康、健康行为和调节过程并没有随着时间的推移而恶化，且没有条件差异。本科生描述了使用冥想练习和社会支持来应对 COVID-19 压力。尽管 COVID-19 相关压力较大，但本科生的心理健康/健康行为仍然稳定。未来需要在更大和更多样化的样本中对具有正念成分的指导进行研究。
