The Impact of Mindfulness and Spirituality on Student Well-being
NCT ID: NCT05397249
Last Updated: 2022-05-31
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
514 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-10-20
2019-12-30
Brief Summary
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The hypotheses to be tested are:
* Mindfulness training will increase the well-being and decrease the stress, anxiety and depression symptomology of the participants.
* Mindfulness training will increase the functioning of the participants measured through GPA and hours spent in community engagement.
* The "mindfulness training with spiritual components" will have a greater impact than the "mindfulness only training" on well-being.
The study is designed as an experimental longitudinal study using a 2 X 3 factorial repeated measures design. The 2 level factor is mindfulness and mindfulness plus spirituality. The 3 level factor is the dose of the intervention (i.e., control, one class a week, and two classes a week).
Detailed Description
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Acceptability and feasibility of the mindfulness training were pilot-tested during the 2017-2018 academic year. Participants thought that the training was helpful, engaging, practical, understandable, pleasant, and relevant to their life as a student at a rate between 94- 100%. The study defines spirituality as the diffusion of the transcendental meaning over the relationship with the self, the immediate social environment, and consequently the wider world. Thus, spirituality can potentially create meaning and purpose in one's life, a variable of which predicts academic self-regulation and GPA and positively related to the treatment of depression and anxiety.
The self-report measures are Pemberton Happiness Index; Five Facet Mindfulness Scale; Intrinsic Spirituality Scale; DASS Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale; and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index. The participants' GPA will be accessed through the UH Records Office if FERPA conditions are met.
The baseline data were collected at the beginning of the Fall semester and will be collected at the end of the semester. Additional follow-up data will be collected at the end of the Spring semester. The proximal outcomes of the study are well-being, stress, anxiety, depression, and fall semester grades. Adherence to intervention, intervention delivery quality, and participant engagement are going to be controlled through checklists filled by independent observers; instructor effect will be controlled by rotating the instructors.
The groups will be compared on all of the variables involved in this study, examining for dosage effects and effects of spirituality. There will also be an analysis of correlations between variables, such as the correlation between well-being and grades. The group comparison data have a multilevel structure, with repeated measures nested within individuals and individuals nested in classrooms. The initial plan is to conduct a 2X3 repeated measures ANOVA. If there are large differences in the groups on participant characteristics at baseline, a 2 X 3 ANCOVA will be used. If there are large intraclass correlations in the nested data, investigators will conduct multi-level modeling to examine group differences.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Mindfulness only training
Face to face twice weekly 10 minutes training of Mindfulness only training.
Mindfulness Training
The participants are given strategies of mindfulness, asked to complete worksheets and participate in meditations.
Mindfulness with spirituality
Face to face twice weekly 10 minutes training of Mindfulness only training plus the Spirituality components.
Mindfulness Training
The participants are given strategies of mindfulness, asked to complete worksheets and participate in meditations.
Low dose Mindfulness only
Face to face once weekly 10 minutes training of Mindfulness only training.
Mindfulness Training
The participants are given strategies of mindfulness, asked to complete worksheets and participate in meditations.
Low dose Mindfulness with Spirituality
Face to face once weekly 10 minutes training of Mindfulness only training plus the Spirituality components.
Mindfulness Training
The participants are given strategies of mindfulness, asked to complete worksheets and participate in meditations.
No treatment
No intervention is being delivered, however, participants are led to believe that they are receiving some degree of a mindfulness training embedded in their regular course curriculum.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Mindfulness Training
The participants are given strategies of mindfulness, asked to complete worksheets and participate in meditations.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Houston
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Gulden Esat
Doctoral Student
Principal Investigators
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Gulden H Esat, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Houston
Bradley H Smith
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
University of Houston
Locations
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University of Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Gulden Esat
Houston, Texas, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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STUDY00001119
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id