Reducing Stress Among College Students: Mindfulness Meditation Versus Adult Coloring

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dc.contributor.advisorErica K. Yuen
dc.contributor.authorFont, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorDeCosta, Hannah
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-13T15:34:15Z
dc.date.available2023-01-13T15:34:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.descriptionRecommended citation: Font, Pamela, and Hannah DeCosta. "Reducing Stress Among College Students: Mindfulness Meditation Versus Adult Coloring." Acta Spartae, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48497/BWBG-VD75en_US
dc.description.abstractCollege students report a wide variety of stressors including academic diffculties, uncertainty about future career plans, confict with roommates, family pressure, and fnancial worries (Aselton, 2012). It is important to research not only stress reduction interventions for college students, but also effective ways to disseminate these programs to students, especially given how busy students are. The purpose of this study was to compare a brief 2-week peer-delivered mindfulness meditation intervention with an adult coloring intervention and a control condition that received general stress reduction tips. Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental condition (mindfulness meditation or adult-coloring) or the control condition (general stress reduction tips). Participants’ levels of stress, psychological distress, anxiety, and mindfulness were measured via pre-and post-treatment assessments (online self-report surveys). All interactions with participants were conducted remotely, through Zoom and email. Participants were 74 General Psychology students who enrolled via Sona Systems, a participant pool management system, as part of their class participation. Results found that all interventions were equally benefcial in reducing stress and psychological distress among college students. Both control and mindfulness conditions showed significant decreases in anxiety compared to the adult coloring condition. Contrary to expectations, the control condition showed significant increases in mindfulness compared to the adult coloring and mindfulness conditions. Mindfulness meditation, adult coloring, and psychoeducation all show the potential to be effective in helping college students manage their stress.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFont, Pamela, and Hannah DeCosta. "Reducing Stress Among College Students: Mindfulness Meditation Versus Adult Coloring." Acta Spartae, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48497/BWBG-VD75en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.48497/BWBG-VD75
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/3880
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Psychology, University of Tampaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesActa Spartae
dc.subjectPsychoeducationen_US
dc.subjectMeditationen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.subjectAdult coloringen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectPsychological distressen_US
dc.subjectMindfulness meditationen_US
dc.titleReducing Stress Among College Students: Mindfulness Meditation Versus Adult Coloringen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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