COMPARING BRIEF STRESS MANAGEMENT COURSES IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE: MINDFULNESS SKILLS AND PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION
COMPARING BRIEF STRESS MANAGEMENT COURSES IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE: MINDFULNESS SKILLS AND PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION
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DOI：
10.1016/j.explore.2008.12.004
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Grant, Christoffer A.
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作者：
Agee, John D.;Danoff-Burg, Sharon;Grant, Christoffer A.
这项研究试图比较为期五周的正念冥想（MM）课程和为期五周的渐进式肌肉放松（PMR）课程。在对传单和其他免费压力管理课程的广告做出反应后，来自社区的43名成年人被随机分配到MM （n = 19）或PMR （n = 24）课程中。在干预期间，正念冥想参与者练习冥想的频率显著高于PMR参与者练习放松的频率（F[1,43] = 7.42; P < 0.05）。有趣的是，这两种情况在治疗后的放松或正念水平上并没有显著差异。虽然两组之间在任何主要结果测量上没有差异，但在两种治疗条件下，从治疗前到治疗后，一般心理困扰的统计学显著减少。因此，虽然MM并没有明显优于PMR，但本研究的结果表明，一个简短的正念技能课程可能对压力管理有效。
This study sought to compare a five-week mindfulness meditation (MM) course to a five-week course that taught progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). Forty-three adults from the community were randomly assigned to either MM (n = 19) or PMR (n = 24) courses after responding to flyers and other advertisements for a free stress management course. Mindfulness meditation participants practiced meditation significantly more often than PMR participants practiced relaxation during the intervention period (F[1, 43] = 7.42; P < .05). Interestingly, the two conditions did not differ significantly in their posttreatment levels of relaxation or mindfulness. Although there were no differences between groups on any of the primary outcome measures, across both treatment conditions there were statistically significant reductions from pretreatment to posttreatment in general psychological distress. Thus, although MM did not emerge as clearly superior to PMR, results of this study suggest that a brief mindfulness skills course may be effective for stress management.