Análises da mediação e moderação do mindfulness sobre medidas de afeto, ansiedade e estresse em adultos jovens saudáveis
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description: Contemporary lifestyle has a strong impact on people's health and mental wellbeing, as suggested by current World Health Organization indicators. Such impairment is generally linked to the deregulation of the psychophysiological mechanisms of stress response, given the variety and the frequency of stressful events to which the population is exposed daily. In this context, non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the impact of these agents have been used, including those that integrate the mind and body dimensions, such as mindfulness. This meditative practice, which has been implicated in reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, is usually defined in terms of the ability to pay attention to the present moment with openness, acceptance, and kindness, being evaluated as a state or a trait. Thus, the present study aimed to demonstrate, through an exploratory approach, whether a brief practice of mindfulness depends on the trait or state of mindfulness, or both, and interferes with variables that express psychological well-being. Our hypotheses predict that (1) the high level of mindfulness is associated with better psychological well-being; (2) a brief practice of mindfulness reduces the indicators and increases the positive indicators of psychological well-being, and (3) these changes are mediated by practice-induced increase in state mindfulness. A sample consisted of healthy young university students (n = 40; 20 men) and measures associated with anxiety (STAI), affect (PANAS), stress (PSS, plasma cortisol), and mindfulness (state, SMS and trait, FFMQ) were collected. Initially, by means of a cluster analysis (k-means), these individuals were classified as high / low mindfulness trait, in which those with high trait presented lower levels of anxiety state and perceived stress. Additionally, the sample was tested by dividing it into an active control group (AC, n = 20) and a mindfulness training group (MT, n = 20) using a mixed variance analysis (betwe…
abstract: Contemporary lifestyle has a strong impact on people's health and mental wellbeing, as suggested by current World Health Organization indicators. Such impairment is generally linked to the deregulation of the psychophysiological mechanisms of stress response, given the variety and the frequency of stressful events to which the population is exposed daily. In this context, non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the impact of these agents have been used, including those that integrate the mind and body dimensions, such as mindfulness. This meditative practice, which has been implicated in reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, is usually defined in terms of the ability to pay attention to the present moment with openness, acceptance, and kindness, being evaluated as a state or a trait. Thus, the present study aimed to demonstrate, through an exploratory approach, whether a brief practice of mindfulness depends on the trait or state of mindfulness, or both, and interferes with variables that express psychological well-being. Our hypotheses predict that (1) the high level of mindfulness is associated with better psychological well-being; (2) a brief practice of mindfulness reduces the indicators and increases the positive indicators of psychological well-being, and (3) these changes are mediated by practice-induced increase in state mindfulness. A sample consisted of healthy young university students (n = 40; 20 men) and measures associated with anxiety (STAI), affect (PANAS), stress (PSS, plasma cortisol), and mindfulness (state, SMS and trait, FFMQ) were collected. Initially, by means of a cluster analysis (k-means), these individuals were classified as high / low mindfulness trait, in which those with high trait presented lower levels of anxiety state and perceived stress. Additionally, the sample was tested by dividing it into an active control group (AC, n = 20) and a mindfulness training group (MT, n = 20) using a mixed variance analysis (betwe…
author: Sousa Júnior, Geovan Menezes de
language: pt_BR
keywords: Traço de mindfulness, Treinamento de mindfulness, Bem-estar psicológico, Interação mente x corpo
date published: 2020-01-16
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:20:51Z
provider: Brazil UFRN
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Brasil