SVĚTLÁK, Miroslav, Pavla LINHARTOVÁ, Terézia KNEJZLÍKOVÁ, Jakub KNEJZLÍK, Barbora KÓŠA, Veronika HORNÍČKOVÁ, Kristýna DVOŘÁČKOVÁ, Klaudia LUČANSKÁ, Alena SLEZÁČKOVÁ and Rastislav ŠUMEC. Being Mindful at University: A Pilot Evaluation of the Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness-Based Mental Health Support Program for Students. Online. In Rachel Kowert , Christopher J. Ferguson , Paul C. Fletcher, Doris Rusch. Digital Games and Mental Health. Lausanne: Frontiers, 2021, p. 130-142. Neveden. ISBN 978-2-88971-461-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88971-461-2.
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Original name Being Mindful at University: A Pilot Evaluation of the Feasibility of an Online Mindfulness-Based Mental Health Support Program for Students
Authors SVĚTLÁK, Miroslav (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavla LINHARTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Terézia KNEJZLÍKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Jakub KNEJZLÍK (203 Czech Republic), Barbora KÓŠA (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Veronika HORNÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kristýna DVOŘÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Klaudia LUČANSKÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Alena SLEZÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Rastislav ŠUMEC (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution).
Edition Lausanne, Digital Games and Mental Health, p. 130-142, 13 pp. Neveden, 2021.
Publisher Frontiers
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50101 Psychology
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/21:00122510
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
ISBN 978-2-88971-461-2
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88971-461-2
Keywords in English mindfulness; online intervention; self-compassion; emotion regulation; life satisfaction; eHealth
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Tereza Miškechová, učo 341652. Changed: 5/10/2021 12:30.
Abstract
University study can be a life period of heightened psychological distress for many students. The development of new preventive and intervention programs to support well-being in university students is a fundamental challenge for mental health professionals. We designed an 8-week online mindfulness-based program (eMBP) combining a face-to-face approach, text, audio, video components, and support psychotherapy principles with a unique intensive reminder system using the Facebook Messenger and Slack applications in two separate runs (N = 692). We assessed the program's effect on mindful experiencing, perceived stress, emotion regulation strategies, self-compassion, negative affect, and quality of life. The results of the presented pilot study confirmed that eMBP is a feasible and effective tool in university students' mental health support. The students who completed the eMBP reported a reduction of perceived stress with a large effect size ((p)eta(2) = 0.42) as well as a decrease of negative affect experience frequency and intensity ((p)eta(2) = 0.31), an increase of being mindful in their life (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire subscales:(p)eta(2) = 0.21, 0.27, 0.25, 0.28, 0.28), and a higher rate of self-compassion ((p)eta(2) = 0.28) with a medium effect size. A small effect size was found in the frequency of using a cognitive reappraisal strategy ((p)eta(2) = 0.073). One new result is the observation of an eMBP effect ((p)eta(2) = 0.27) on the decrease in attributed importance to the quality-of-life components replicated in two consecutive runs of the program. The study affirms that mindfulness-based interventions can be effectively delivered in an eHealth form to university students.
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MUNI/A/1467/2019, interní kód MUName: Neurozobrazovací a neuromodulační metody v psychiatrii (Acronym: ImgModPsych)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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