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Mindfulness and Psychological Inflexibility

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Bahcesehir Cyprus University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Mindfulness

Treatments

Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05487872
BAU/EK-2022/02

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to examine whether mindfulness skills training can help to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety level. This study investigated whether the training delivery methods (audio-guided mindfulness exercise or virtual reality-based mindfulness exercise) differ in terms of changing general experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms.

Full description

The experimental design (randomized trial) was used in this study. Data were collected through convenience sampling. After obtaining ethical approval fromEthics Committee of the Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, participants were invited to participate in the study via advertisements posted in the university building. Recruited participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group or control group. All participants will be provided with an informed consent form which provided information about participant's right and data management. Participants in the experimental group completed mindfulness exercise on Virtual Reality (VR) system where they listened to an audio track (guide for the exercise) and saw calming nature scenes (e.g., views on the beach) whereas those in the control group completed mindfulness exercise by listening to the (same) audio track only. Each mindfulness session took approximately 15 mins. In total, four sessions were completed in two weeks (2 sessions per week). After obtaining informed consent, the participants completed a survey pack that included valid and reliable measurement scales (mindfulness skills [The Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale - Revised], experiential avoidance [Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II], and anxiety symptoms [Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale]) at two-time points (i.e., pre-test [before intervention], and post-test [after 4 sessions/when sessions were completed], At the end of the study, the participants were provided with a debrief form.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • age of 18 and above,
  • ability to read, and/or understand English

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants who regularly practice mindfulness exercise were excluded form the analyses

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Audio-guided mindfulness skills training
Other group
Description:
Participants in this group listened to a 15 mins audio track to practice mindfulness exercises
Treatment:
Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms
Virtual reality (VR) -based mindfulness skills training
Experimental group
Description:
Participants in this group completed mindfulness exercises on the VR system. The system included the same 15 mins audio track and additionally a video that displayed a 360° spherical landscape view of the sea in the afternoon
Treatment:
Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms

Trial contacts and locations

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