Impacto de una intervención breve y online de mindfulness para mejorar el rendimiento cognitivo y bienestar emocional en adultos

Abstract

Introduction

Mindfulness is defined as a form of conscious and deliberate attention to the present moment without judgment. The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of the application of a brief online group program based on mindfulness on the cognitive functions, emotional and mindfulness variables of an adult community population.

Method

58 people participated, to whom a battery of neuropsychological and psychological tests were administered pre and post intervention. A 6-week training program in mindfulness skills was applied in order to evaluate its impact on emotional variables, as well as performance in episodic memory, attentional processes and executive functions.

Results

For most of the emotional variables, a statistically significant interaction effect was verified, observing in the experimental group an improvement in the variables anxiety and depression, state and trait well-being, in the post-test compared to the pre-test except in the perceived stress variable. where there were no changes after the intervention. In the cognitive functions of verbal episodic memory, sustained, selective and alternating attention, attentional span, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control and information processing speed, no statistically significant interaction differences were observed after training.

Conclusion

The study results provide more evidence in favor of the benefits of programs based on mindfulness, online and brief modality, for the emotional well-being of the general population.