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The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter?
OBJECTIVES: The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of a brief mindfulness practice on perceived stress and sustained attention, and to determine whether priming the benefits of mindfulness meditation enhances this effect. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty undergraduate studen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01913-8 |
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author | Ueberholz, Rhiannon Y. Fiocco, Alexandra J. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of a brief mindfulness practice on perceived stress and sustained attention, and to determine whether priming the benefits of mindfulness meditation enhances this effect. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty undergraduate students were randomly assigned to a control condition (CC), a meditation condition (MC), or a priming + meditation condition (PMC). Baseline and post-treatment measures included subjective stress ratings on a visual analog scale (VAS) and performance on a Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART), determined by reaction time coefficient of variability (RTCV) and three measures of accuracy: correct responses, errors of commission, and errors of omission. RESULTS: Repeated measures analyses revealed that both the MC and the PMC displayed a decline in perceived stress relative to the CC. Analyses further revelated that the MC and PMC displayed fewer errors of omission relative to the CC. However, only the PMC displayed better performance relative to the CC with respect to total correct response and errors of commission. There were no significant between-group differences for RTCV. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are novel and provide a foundation to further investigate the effect of priming on mindfulness engagement and its potential benefits. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12671-022-01913-8. |
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spelling | pubmed-91679052022-06-07 The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? Ueberholz, Rhiannon Y. Fiocco, Alexandra J. Mindfulness (N Y) Original Paper OBJECTIVES: The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of a brief mindfulness practice on perceived stress and sustained attention, and to determine whether priming the benefits of mindfulness meditation enhances this effect. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty undergraduate students were randomly assigned to a control condition (CC), a meditation condition (MC), or a priming + meditation condition (PMC). Baseline and post-treatment measures included subjective stress ratings on a visual analog scale (VAS) and performance on a Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART), determined by reaction time coefficient of variability (RTCV) and three measures of accuracy: correct responses, errors of commission, and errors of omission. RESULTS: Repeated measures analyses revealed that both the MC and the PMC displayed a decline in perceived stress relative to the CC. Analyses further revelated that the MC and PMC displayed fewer errors of omission relative to the CC. However, only the PMC displayed better performance relative to the CC with respect to total correct response and errors of commission. There were no significant between-group differences for RTCV. CONCLUSIONS: These findings are novel and provide a foundation to further investigate the effect of priming on mindfulness engagement and its potential benefits. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12671-022-01913-8. Springer US 2022-06-06 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9167905/ /pubmed/35693031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01913-8 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Ueberholz, Rhiannon Y. Fiocco, Alexandra J. The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? |
title | The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? |
title_full | The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? |
title_fullStr | The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? |
title_short | The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter? |
title_sort | effect of a brief mindfulness practice on perceived stress and sustained attention: does priming matter? |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01913-8 |
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