Bao Yintu, Sun Jianqian, Zhang Xiaochuan
Gymnasium of Physical Education Teaching Department, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, China.
Department of Aviation Physical Education, Aviation University of Air Force, Changchun, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 May 2;16:1528049. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1528049. eCollection 2025.
This study aimed to examine the effects of mindfulness training (MT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on enhancing psychological health and cognitive inhibition in college students.
A total of 132 undergraduates were recruited and randomly assigned to three groups: MT group, HIIT group, and control group. Both the MT and HIIT groups received training twice a week for 6 weeks, with each session lasting 1 h. The control group did not undergo MT or HIIT training during the experimental period. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Stop Signal tasks, and Flanker tasks were assessed at baseline, at 6 weeks (post-test), and 6 weeks after the end of the intervention (follow-up).
Both MT and HIIT were effective in alleviating depression and anxiety in college students, with MT showing a significant improvement in psychological health after intervention. Both MT and HIIT effectively improved the response inhibition accuracy of college students, with similar effects. However, neither MT nor HIIT affected the response inhibition reaction time. MT was more effective than HIIT in improving interference inhibition accuracy, but neither MT nor HIIT had an effect on the interference inhibition reaction time.
Within-group analyses demonstrated significant pre-post reductions in depression and anxiety scores following both MT and HIIT interventions. While between-group comparisons suggested a trend toward greater symptom improvement in the MT group at post-test, the differences did not reach statistical significance at follow-up, possibly due to the limited sample size and intervention duration. These preliminary findings warrant replication in larger-scale trials with extended observation periods.
本研究旨在探讨正念训练（MT）和高强度间歇训练（HIIT）对改善大学生心理健康和认知抑制的影响。
共招募132名本科生，随机分为三组：MT组、HIIT组和对照组。MT组和HIIT组均每周训练两次，持续6周，每次训练1小时。对照组在实验期间未接受MT或HIIT训练。在基线、6周（后测）和干预结束后6周（随访）时评估贝克抑郁量表（BDI-II）、贝克焦虑量表（BAI）、停止信号任务和侧翼任务。
MT和HIIT均能有效缓解大学生的抑郁和焦虑，MT在干预后心理健康有显著改善。MT和HIIT均有效提高了大学生的反应抑制准确性，效果相似。然而，MT和HIIT均未影响反应抑制反应时间。MT在提高干扰抑制准确性方面比HIIT更有效，但MT和HIIT均对干扰抑制反应时间无影响。
组内分析表明，MT和HIIT干预后抑郁和焦虑评分均有显著的前后降低。虽然组间比较表明MT组在后测时有更大症状改善的趋势，但随访时差异未达到统计学意义，可能是由于样本量和干预持续时间有限。这些初步研究结果需要在更长观察期的大规模试验中进行重复验证。
