Psychological Stress
Conditions
Interventions
40 young adults of both sexes, aged between 18-35 years, will be recruited on the campus of UFRN. This sample will be distributed among two groups proposed in this study, being allocated 20 participan
Behavioural
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 18 and 35 years old; Do not present any psychiatric disease (depression, schizophrenia, general or social anxiety). Do not use any psychotropic medication. Do not have experience with meditation. Sign the consent term
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Miss one day of intervention (brief intervention); Miss three consecutive sessions (long intervention); Manifest any infectious disease during the study (brief intervention); Body mass indice higher than 30
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decreased on salivary cortisol and perceived stress after stress test in participants submitted to mindfulness practice, verified through a significant difference (p lower than 0,05) in saliva samples and scores in questionnaires collected before and after the intervention;Enhanced attention in participants submitted to the practice of mindfulness, verified through a significant difference (p lower than 0,05) obtained from neural activity data collected before and after the intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Decreased anxiety and negative affect in subjects that underwent the practice of mindfulness, verified through a significant difference (p lower than 0,05) obtained from data collected before and after intervention;Increased interoception, positive affect and state of mindfulness in participants submitted to the practice of mindfulness, verified through a significant difference (p lower than 0,05) obtained from data collected before and after the intervention | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGeissy;Maria de Lima Araújo;Cordeiro de Sousa
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed