Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Stress Reactivity
Date of Award
August 2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Joshua C. Felver
Keywords
mindfulness, psychophysiology, stress reactivity, Trier Social Stress Test
Subject Categories
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Mindfulness interventions (MI) have gained interest in research (Creswell, Pacilio, Lindsay, & Brown, 2014) particularly in relation to stress (Brown, Weinstein, & Creswell, 2012) and have been evaluated by psychophysiological and psychological self-report measures.
However, there great variability in MI protocols (e.g., population characteristics, control conditions) that examine MI and stress making the literature difficult to interpret. The current study employed a replicable, standardized MI protocol to address these limitations including a full-active control condition among healthy undergraduate students and using the most empirically validated stress protocol (TSST; Kirschbaum, Pirke, & Hellhammer, 1993). The study evaluated whether a standardized MI protocol, relative to a full-active control condition, buffered psychophysiological stress reactivity in response to an acute stress induction (TSST). Results of the study indicated that participants experienced stress reactivity when faced with the TSST; however, there were no statistically significant differences in the participant’s stress buffering response between the two conditions.
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Recommended Citation
Morton, Melissa, "Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Stress Reactivity" (2019). Theses - ALL. 338.
https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/338