High-stress
Conditions
Interventions
the mindfulness training group:attending the Eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) (Kabat-Zinn 1982) or Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (Segal, Williams, & Teasdale,
Waiting list group:Nil
Sponsors
Peking University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) aged from 18 to 55 years old; (2) having an educational years above nine years; (3) a score on the Chinese Perceived Stress Scales (CPSS) >=26; (4) having no prior experience with the 8-week MBSR or MBCT protocol; (5) a practice frequency of yoga, meditation, or Tai chi less than 20 min per week in the past six months; (6) absence of severe or unstable physical illness that would prevent one from attending trainings; (7) a commitment to the group setting (e.g., randomization, no schedule conflicts, no attendance for other mindfulness based interventions or experiments during training); (8) voluntary participation in this study and signing an informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) diagnosed with psychosis or manic symptoms according to the DSM-IV-TR (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition Text Revision) (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) in the past six months; (2) using an unstable dosage of psychotropic drugs; (3) manifesting with any self-injury, suicidal risks or destructive behaviors
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Attention to Positive and Negative Inventory, APNI;Beck Depression Inventory, BDI;State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI;Temporal Experiential Pleasure Scale, TEPS;Emotional Regulation Questionnaire, ERQ;Behavioral Inhibition Scale/ Behavioral Activation Scale, BIS/BAS;Dysfunctional Execution Questionnaire, DEX;Affective Approach Avoidance Task, AAAT;Dysfunctional Execution Questionnaire, DEX;RRQ;Coping Strategies Questionnaire, CSQ;Pain Threshold Test, PTT;the Sustained Attention to Response Task, SART;Temporal Order Judgement Task, TOJ task;Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, MAIA;the Chinese version of Attention-related Cognitive Errors Scale, ARCES;Mind Wondering Questionnaire, MW;PERMA; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, FFMQ;Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, AAQ;Positive And Negative Affect Scale, PANAS;Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, CFI;POMS-SF;IPSS;the Chinese Perceived Stress Scale, CPSS;Self-Compassion Scale, SCS;General Health Questionnaire, GHQ;The Chinese version of Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form, FFMQ-SF;Trait Meta-Mood Scale, TMMS;Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale, OASIS;Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale, ODSIS;Toronto Alexithymia Scale, TAS;Cognitive–Behavioral Avoidance Scale, CBAS;Anxiety Sensitivity Index-III, ASI-III; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXinghua Liu
Peking University
Outcome results
None listed