Brief Online Mindfulness- and Compassion-Based Inter-Care Program for Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Villalón, Francisco; Moreno, María Isabel Benito; Rivera, Rita M.; Venegas, Williams; C., Javiera V. Arancibia; Soto-Mota, Adrián; Pemjean, Alfredo

doi:10.1007/s12671-023-02159-8

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“…Pre-pandemic research (e.g., Tang et al, 2015) has shown how MBIs can be effective in reducing psychological symptoms of depression (Ma et al, 2019), anxiety (de Abreu Costa et al, 2019, or chronic disease (e.g., González-García et al, 2016). Given the emerging research on the significant impact of COVID-19 on mental health, there has been a substantial increase in the number of scientific publications that have been able to support MBIs for treating symptomatology derived from stress (e.g., Villalón et al, 2023), and mindfulness has been shown to be effective using self-reported and online treatments (e.g., González-García et al, 2021). Mindfulness implies attention training for gaining greater awareness (i.e., thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and behavior) and research carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic period (e.g., Dai et al, 2022) has shown the role of MBIs in physical symptoms caused by COVID-19 recovery, possibly as a consequence of mediating psychological variable improvement (i.e., related to anxiety reduction, stress, and possible symptoms of sadness and depression reduction) (Bhattacharya & Hofmann, 2023;Hao et al, 2020).…”

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Mindfulness Interventions and Surveys as Tools for Positive Emotional Regulation During COVID-19: A Scoping Review

López-Ramón,

Moreno-Campos,

Alonso-Esteban

et al. 2023

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Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has caused high mortality rates worldwide, as well as consequent psychological and physical stress. The present study aimed to review the main existing scientific research studies conducted since the onset of the COVID-19 that have used mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) as tools for emotional regulation, aiming to improve individuals’ ability to cope with general stress caused by pandemic periods and their consequences (e.g., contagion, confinement, loss of loved ones or job stability) especially related with anxiety, stress, depression, or emotional dysregulation. Method To this aim, six databases (i.e., PubMed, Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Science Direct) were consulted and analyzed following PRISMA-Sc guidelines. Results Of the 16 studies selected, 7 are clinical trials that used MBIs, and 9 are online surveys in which mindfulness and emotional regulation variables were assessed to explore their interrelations. Generally, the analysis suggested that the cultivation of MBI strategies for treating anxiety and depression during COVID-19 confinement periods resulted in improved psychological well-being. Conclusions MBI techniques can be considered useful intervention tools in current and future worldwide changing situations, in which personal development and resilience should be considered an urgent issue for both educational and preventive health practices. Conversely, there are also some limitations that arose from the field of MBI research that hopefully might be addressed in future research (such as the diversity of intervention techniques used across studies). Pre registration This study is not preregistered.

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