The Effects Of Mindfulness Training On College Students’ Mindfulness Level And Well-being

This study explores the effect of mindfulness training on university students’level of mindfulness and well-being through comparing pre-test and post-test resultsbetween the experimental group and the control group. Subjects of the study arerecruited through hosting lectures introducing mindfulness training. The subjects areafterwards divided into experimental and controlled groups, with the experimentalgroup being formally trained for6weeks and the controlled group being kept asnormal. Before and after the intervention, subjects in both group are tested by usingFive Facts Mindfulness Questionnaire, Index of Well－being, Scales of PsychologicalWell－being and Social Well-being Questionnaire. Result of T-test shows:(1) Six weeks of mindfulness training prominently increases the subjectivewell-being, psychological well-being and social well-being of university students.Subjects in the experimental group are found to have improved substantially inobserving, acting with awareness, nonjudging, nonreacting, index of emotion,functional autonomy, social actualization and social integration. They experiencemore placid mood, better sleeping quality, better focus, and their pressure and level ofanxiety are reduced.(2) Subjective well-being, psychological well-being and social well-being arefound to be conceptually independent and structurally interrelated.(3) The combined MBCT and MBSR6week mindful training design is provedto be effective and it can be popularized.