THE EFFECTS OF MINDFUL MEDITATION ON STRESS, RESILIENCE, AND WORK-FAMILY-SCHOOL CONFLICT

<p>Previous research on mindful meditation (MM) has not sufficiently examined the efficacy of guided MM on perceived stress, role conflict, and other constructs using a cell phone mobile application. Stress and role conflict are experienced by a significant proportion of the public and have substantial negative consequences on mental and physical health (Lupien, McEwen, Gunnar, & Heir, 2009; Byron, 2005).Stress and role conflict can be lessened through mindful meditation (Spijkerman, Pots, & Bohlmeijer, 2016; Michel, Bosch, & Rexroth, 2014). The current research examined the effectiveness of guided mindful meditation compared to a music-listening control group on four stress-related variables: mindfulness, perceived stress, work-family-school conflict, and resilience. Contrary to expectation, both the mindful meditation group (<em>n </em>= 22) and music-listening group (<em>n</em>= 32) improved in mindfulness and perceived stress over time. Yet, the mindful meditation group did not improve significantly more than the music-listening group for any of the aforementioned dependent variables. There were no significant effects of mindful meditation or music listening on work-family-school conflict or resilience. Implications from these findings are discussed in light of their potential applications.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts - Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Kunz, James

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Lora Jacobi
• Dr. Sylvia Middlebrook
• Dr. Catherine Pearte

• mindful meditation
• perceived stress
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/196

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1197