Investigating the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on stress level and brain activity of college students.

ABSTRACT: Financial constraints usually hinder students, especially those in low-middle income countries (LMICs), from seeking mental health interventions. Hence, it is necessary to identify effective, affordable and sustainable counter-stress measures for college students in the LMICs context. This study examines the sustained effects of mindfulness practice on the psychological outcomes and brain activity of students, especially when they are exposed to stressful situations. Here, we combined psychological and electrophysiological methods (EEG) to investigate the sustained effects of an 8-week-long standardized Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention on the brain activity of college students. We found that the Test group showed a decrease in negative emotional states after the inter

SUBMITTER: An A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121238 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature