Mindfulness-based interventions and student wellbeing: can digital group meetings enhance app-based training?

Description

A randomized mixed experimental design was used to assess an 8-weeks Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) delivered via podcasts and supplemented by group meetings, either in video calls (VC) or a virtual reality (VR) environment. The intervention aimed to improve mental health, focusing on risk factors stress and loneliness as well as protective factors such as self-compassion and self-efficacy.

Principal Investigator

Nikolai Zinke

Other Collaborators

Anne Ritz, Nico Bunzeck

Publication Details

Study Information

  • Study Design: RCT,
  • Population Type: Non-clinical,
  • Age Group: Young adults (18-25)
  • Control Group: Passive control group
  • Total Sample Size: 127

Intervention Info

  • Intervention Type: MBSR
  • Intervention Details: 3 arms: MBSR course, MBSR+Video Conference, MBSR+Virtual Reality
  • Intervention Length: 8
  • Questionnaires: Perceived Stress Questionnaire – 20 items (PSQ-20), Perceived Stress Questionnaire – 30 items (PSQ-30), The Brief Symptom Checklist (BSCL), 20-item German UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-D), Self-Compassion Scale – German (SCS-D), Resilience (RS-13), Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (SWE)

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