Mental and Physical Health Impacts of Mindfulness Training for College Undergraduates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universities increasingly offer mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) to improve student health and reduce their impact on overburdened psychological services. It is critical for evidence-based policy to determine for what health outcomes mindfulness programs are effective and under what conditions. Objectives were to: (a) perform a comprehensive analysis of the effects of mindfulness interventions on physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes in college undergraduate students, and (b) examine moderators of intervention effects to identify factors that may help improve existing university mindfulness programs and guide the design of new programs.

Method

Systematic searches of five databases identified MBP randomized controlled trials for undergraduate students,

SUBMITTER: Johnson BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798265 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature