A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Mindfulness Practice on Doctoral Candidate Psychological Status

Autor/inn/en	Barry, Karen May; Woods, Megan; Martin, Angela; Stirling, Christine; Warnecke, Emma
Titel	A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Mindfulness Practice on Doctoral Candidate Psychological Status
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 67 (2019) 4, S.299-307 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Barry, Karen May) ORCID (Woods, Megan) ORCID (Martin, Angela) ORCID (Stirling, Christine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2018.1515760
Schlagwörter	Randomized Controlled Trials; Metacognition; Foreign Countries; Anxiety; Stress Management; Stress Variables; Doctoral Students; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Program Effectiveness; Psychological Patterns; Depression (Psychology); Self Efficacy; Resilience (Psychology); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Ausland; Angst; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Australien
Abstract	Objectives: To examine the impact of guided mindfulness practice on psychological distress and psychological capital (hope, optimism, resilience, and efficacy) in doctoral candidates. Participants: Recruitment of a convenience sample of doctoral candidates occurred in July 2015 and participants were randomly allocated to the control or intervention group (38 and 34 participants completed the trial, respectively). Methods: A single-blinded, randomized controlled trial with intention-to-treat analysis was conducted. The intervention consisted of a daily guided mindfulness practice, using an audio CD. Indicators of psychological distress and psychological capital were measured pre- and post-trial with validated questionnaires. Results: Compared to the control group, the intervention group reported a statistically significantly reduction in depression (p = 0.045) and increased self-efficacy (p = 0.004), hope (p = 0.000), and resilience (p = 0.011). Conclusions: These results highlight the effectiveness of self-administered mindfulness practice on the psychological health of doctoral candidates, and the positive effect on psychological capital is reported as a key finding. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01