dc.contributor.author | Motton, Nicola | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-23T11:01:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-05-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | Mindfulness-based interventions reduce depressive symptoms and rumination, and enhance mindfulness in adults; this non-randomised controlled feasibility study aimed to determine whether these conclusions apply to young people, and whether mindfulness and rumination mediate the effect on depressive symptoms. Participants aged 12-16 received a nine-week universal mindfulness intervention in schools delivered by trained teachers (intervention group, N = 256) or their regular school curriculum (control group, N = 266). Intervention schools were matched to control schools on key variables (publicly-funded versus private, mainstream versus special needs). Young people who received the intervention reported fewer depressive symptoms post-intervention relative to controls, which was maintained at three-month follow-up. Mindfulness and rumination were unchanged immediately after the intervention, however by follow-up, intervention participants were significantly more mindful and less likely to ruminate than controls. The extent to which young people practiced mindfulness was negatively correlated with depressive symptoms at post-intervention and follow-up, positively correlated with mindfulness at post-intervention and follow-up, and positively correlated with rumination at follow-up. This universal mindfulness intervention shows promise for reducing depressive symptoms, reducing rumination and increasing mindfulness in young people, however further research is warranted, particularly regarding the mechanisms of change. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13859 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.subject | Depression, depressive symptoms, mindfulness, rumination, adolescence, prevention, mindfulness-based stress reduction | en_GB |
dc.subject | Depression | en_GB |
dc.subject | depressive symptoms | en_GB |
dc.subject | mindfulness | en_GB |
dc.subject | rumination | en_GB |
dc.subject | adolescence | en_GB |
dc.subject | prevention | en_GB |
dc.subject | mindfulness-based stress reduction | en_GB |
dc.title | Mindfulness and rumination: Mediators of change in depressive symptoms? A preliminary investigation of a universal mindfulness intervention for adolescents | en_GB |
dc.type | Thesis or dissertation | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-23T11:01:30Z | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Kuyken, Willem | |
dc.publisher.department | College of Life and Environmental Sciences | en_GB |
dc.type.degreetitle | Doctor of Clinical Psychology | en_GB |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en_GB |
dc.type.qualificationname | DClinPsych | en_GB |