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Comparing the Effectiveness of Christian and Secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction : = A randomized controlled trial.

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Title/Author:	Comparing the Effectiveness of Christian and Secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction :/
Reminder of title:	A randomized controlled trial.
Author:	Huennekens, Alyna Ohanian.
Description:	1 online resource (168 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-05(E), Section: B.
Subject:	Clinical psychology. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355501131

Comparing the Effectiveness of Christian and Secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction : = A randomized controlled trial.
Huennekens, Alyna Ohanian.

Comparing the Effectiveness of Christian and Secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction :A randomized controlled trial. - 1 online resource (168 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-05(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Alabama, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

There is an increasing problem of high levels of stress on college campuses resulting in psychological and physiological difficulties for students. Treatments that target the mind-body connection, like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), have demonstrated beneficial outcomes in college populations. According to a national sample of colleges and universities, over half of the United States college population identifies as Christian (Astin et al., 2005). These findings call for a mindfulness-based approach that addresses the Christian college student holistically: treating the mind, body, and spirit. However, at present, there are few randomly controlled MBSR studies that have measured both mindfulness and spirituality using psychometrically sound assessments. There are fewer studies that compare a religiously adapted mindfulness intervention to traditional MBSR. Currently, no published Christian adapted MBSR protocol exists despite the number of Christians that populate the university system nationwide. Therefore, the following study sought to address gaps in the literature and provide a biopsychosocial-spiritual treatment for stress in the college population.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355501131Subjects--Topical Terms:

649607
Clinical psychology.
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Christian and Secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction : = A randomized controlled trial.
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520 $a After receiving IRB approval, 59 student volunteers meeting pre-screen inclusion criteria were randomized into either brief secular mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), or brief Christian Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (C-MBSR). Pre-intervention measures included the Religious Commitment Inventory (RCI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Brief Religious Coping measure (Brief RCOPE), and demographic information. Participants completed their assigned 4-week brief protocol with weekly state-based measures which included the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS), the Group Session Rating Scale (GSRS), the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), and the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS). Post-intervention measures were identical to the pre-intervention measures with an optional qualitative write-in allowing participants to report their group experience. A 2x2 mixed-design repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted on three hypotheses predicting the superior performance of C-MBSR compared to MBSR. Results indicate that C-MBSR significantly outperformed MBSR on measures of state mindfulness decentering on the TMS, and daily spiritual experiences including greater closeness with God on the DSES. In post-hoc analyses, both groups saw significant improvements on measures of well-being. Secular MBSR saw significantly greater improvements for group-therapy alliance. Conversely, secular MBSR failed to significantly outperform C-MBSR on any hypothesized outcome. Significant improvements on measures of stress, religious commitment, religious coping, and trait-level mindfulness were not found within-or-between groups. However, the majority of the data for both groups showed a within-group trend toward significant improvements favoring C-MBSR.
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