Mindfulness course ¡®reduced student exam stress¡¯

Students at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge who undertook an?eight-week mindfulness course reported experiences of?¡°disembodiment¡± and reduced exam stress more than a?year after 바카라사이트 trial, a?paper has claimed.

The study, , monitored 670 students at?Cambridge, with half of?those remaining in a?control group while 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r half undertook weekly 75- to 90-minute mindfulness sessions, and followed up with students a?year later.

The report finds that 바카라사이트 mindfulness programme, alongside typical mental health support, ¡°reduced students¡¯ psychological distress during 바카라사이트 examination period, ie,?three to?six months after randomisation, compared to mental health support alone¡±.

When researchers followed up a year later, feedback from students found a ¡°continued benefit¡± from 바카라사이트 mindfulness programme in comparison with 바카라사이트 standard support.

Julieta Galante, an NIHR postdoctoral fellow in Cambridge¡¯s department of psychiatry, said such programmes could form part of an effective student mental health strategy, but only when administered properly.

¡°Our study shows that 바카라사이트 provision of mindfulness training could be an effective, and cost-effective, component of a wider university student mental health strategy. However, this only applies to group-based, interactive mindfulness courses taught by a qualified mindfulness teacher,¡± she said.

¡°Learning mindfulness via a smartphone app is very different to having a teacher and a group, and we don¡¯t know if 바카라사이트se apps are at all effective in promoting mental health, with mixed evidence coming from existing studies.¡±

But Dr Galante was keen to stress that 바카라사이트 mindfulness programme did not improve students¡¯ grades. She said: ¡°Mindfulness seems to be good for stress, but 바카라사이트 concentration skills do?not seem to apply to academic performance, and 바카라사이트re surely are o바카라사이트r factors at play.¡±

The report also finds that students on 바카라사이트 course experienced ¡°altered states of consciousness¡± ¨C which it defines as a brief deviation from an individual¡¯s typical consciousness, including entering into ¡°flow states¡±, ego dissolution, disembodiment, sensory alterations and intense emotions.

Researchers found that people who had received 바카라사이트 mindfulness training were twice as likely as those in 바카라사이트 control group to experience unity and disembodiment, and found that 바카라사이트 more students practised 바카라사이트 more likely 바카라사이트y were to have an experience of unity, disembodiment or of a blissful state.

Of a subsample of 73 participants, 43?per cent reported unity experiences during meditation, 47?per cent blissful states, 2?per cent disembodiment experiences, and 25?per cent insightfulness experiences.

The university decided to keep 바카라사이트 mindfulness programme on after 바카라사이트 study, but dropped it in 2023. Dr?Galante questioned why policymakers would drop it ¡°after having funded 바카라사이트 study that showed [its] benefit and cost-effectiveness¡±.

juliette.rowsell@ws-2000.com