Journal article
Reduced Stress among COVID-Symptomatic Undergraduates: Act With Awareness, Nonjudgment, and Nonreactivity as Key Facets of Mindfulness
Adolescent psychiatry (Hilversum), Vol.14(2), pp.86-98
05/13/2024
DOI: 10.2174/0122106766288982240509041026
PMCID: PMC11869318
PMID: 40028511
Abstract
Objective: Associations between mindfulness and improved physical and psychological health have been established, but COVID-19 presents a novel context. This study examined the relationship between individual mindfulness facets and general stress among college students experiencing at least one symptom of acute COVID-19 infection in the context of the pandemic. Methods: Five hundred sixteen university students experiencing at least one CDC-identified COVID-19 symptom completed measures of general stress, mindfulness, and somatic symptoms in 2020-2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic following IRB approval and informed consent. objective: Associations between mindfulness and improved physical and psychological health have been established, but COVID-19 presents a novel context. This study examined the relation between individual mindfulness facets and general stress among college students experiencing at least one symptom of acute COVID-19 infection in the context of the pandemic. Results: The act with awareness, nonjudgment, and nonreactivity facets of mindfulness were associated with general stress. In total, the model accounted for over half of the variance in general stress (R2 = 0.51, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Mindfulness may be particularly important in explaining general stress among college students reporting a symptom of COVID-19. Mindfulness may benefit college students as the pandemic continues to unfold, and monitoring one’s physical health remains a primary mitigation strategy. These results may also inform understanding and responses to future public health emergencies in which monitoring somatic symptoms is encouraged by public health officials to contain the spread.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reduced Stress among COVID-Symptomatic Undergraduates: Act With Awareness, Nonjudgment, and Nonreactivity as Key Facets of Mindfulness
- Creators
- Zoe Sirotiak - University of IowaJenna L. Adamowicz - University of IowaEmily B.K. Thomas - University of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Adolescent psychiatry (Hilversum), Vol.14(2), pp.86-98
- DOI
- 10.2174/0122106766288982240509041026
- PMID
- 40028511
- PMCID
- PMC11869318
- NLM abbreviation
- Adolesc Psychiatry (Hilversum)
- ISSN
- 2210-6766
- eISSN
- 2210-6774
- Publisher
- BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL
- Grant note
- National Institute of Health T32 pre-doctoral training grant: T32GM108540
This work was supported in part by the National Institute of Health T32 pre-doctoral training grant: T32GM108540 (J.L.A). Neither the NIH nor the University of Iowa had any role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/13/2024
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984648060102771
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