Evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions on rumination and negative emotions in Chinese University Students: A randomized controlled trial

Rumination and negative emotions are prevalent among university students and are strongly linked to mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. Group counseling involving a mindfulness-based strategies may help prevent university students from developing rumination and negative emotio...

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Vydané v:PloS one Ročník 20; číslo 9; s. e0331084
Hlavní autori: Shi, Keke, Feng, Guoyan, Ye, Meilin, Bi, Xiaoyan, Cui, Hongbo, Chen, Weiyu, Gao, Tao, Qing, Zaihua, Ma, Yankun
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: United States Public Library of Science 02.09.2025
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Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
China
Cognitive ability
College students
Demographic aspects
Depression - psychology
Disorders
Effectiveness
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Evaluation
Female
Flexibility
Humans
Hypotheses
Intervention
Male
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mindfulness
Mindfulness - methods
Mindfulness meditation
Psychological aspects
Psychological factors
Rumination
Rumination (Psychology)
Rumination, Cognitive
Social aspects
Statistical analysis
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Students
Students - psychology
Universities
University students
Variance analysis
Well being
Young Adult
China
ISSN:1932-6203, 1932-6203
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Shrnutí:Rumination and negative emotions are prevalent among university students and are strongly linked to mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. Group counseling involving a mindfulness-based strategies may help prevent university students from developing rumination and negative emotions and subsequent mental health disorders. This study aims to evaluate the alleviating effect of mindfulness intervention on rumination and negative emotions in university students in China. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 2 arms (Intervention Group and Control Group), three assessment time points (pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up) is proposed. A total of 196 university students are randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 98) receiving a 2-week, daily 1.5-hour mindfulness training (MT) and a control group (n = 98) receiving peer support (PS) sessions. Participants complete the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS) before, immediately after, and three months post-intervention. Statistical analysis will compare outcomes between groups to evaluate the effectiveness using a repeated-measures ANOVA. Before the intervention, no significant differences are observed between groups. After the intervention, the MT group shows significant improvements in MAAS scores and reductions in DASS-21 scores (p < 0.05) compared to the PS group. While immediate improvements in rumination (RRS) are not significant, the MT group exhibits significant reductions in rumination three months post-intervention. This study contributes to a better understanding of the effectiveness of mindfulness intervention in alleviating rumination and negative emotions in university students, and it is expected that with the proposed intervention university students can improve their psychological well-being. Besides, mindfulness interventions can potentially be extended to participants suffering from other psychological issues in the future.
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ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0331084