‘A Light in the Whole Darkness of Zoom’: A Qualitative Examination of College Students' Experiences in an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1002/capr.12893

Helen Z. MacDonald, Madeline Bradley, Tracy Neville

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Abstract

Background

Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs), including those administered online, have demonstrated efficacy in promoting mental health among college students. Few studies, however, have examined participants' lived experiences of engaging in these interventions when administered online.

Method

The current qualitative study investigated nine college students' experiences of participating in a randomised controlled trial of an online adaptation of mindfulness-based stress reduction, a group intervention administered during the fall 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.

Results

Two themes and eight subthemes were identified. The first theme centred on advantages of the intervention's online modality. The college student participants described greater comfort, a strong instructor, broadened social connections and enhanced community in the context of the online intervention. The second theme surrounded challenges of the intervention's online format, and subthemes included environmental distractions, impersonal modality, difficulty connecting with others and technology issues.

Conclusion

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for health promotion programmes specifically targeting college students; online MBIs may increase access to these interventions. Promoting the strengths and addressing the limitations of online MBIs among this population are essential as this modality of treatment becomes more widely employed across college campuses.

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基于正念的干预（MBIs），包括那些在线管理的干预，在促进大学生心理健康方面已经被证明是有效的。然而，很少有研究调查了参与者在在线管理时参与这些干预的生活经历。目前的定性研究调查了9名大学生参加一项随机对照试验的经历，该试验是在2020年秋季COVID-19大流行封锁期间实施的一项群体干预措施，即基于正念的减压在线适应。采用专题分析对数据进行分析。结果确定了2个主题和8个副主题。第一个主题集中于干预在线模式的优势。大学生参与者描述了在网络干预的背景下，更舒适，更强大的导师，更广泛的社会联系和增强的社区。第二个主题围绕着干预在线形式的挑战，副主题包括环境干扰、非个人的方式、与他人联系的困难和技术问题。结论2019冠状病毒病大流行凸显了开展针对大学生的健康促进项目的必要性；在线mbi可以增加获得这些干预措施的机会。随着这种治疗方式在大学校园中得到越来越广泛的应用，在这一人群中推广在线MBIs的优势并解决其局限性是至关重要的。

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Counselling & Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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4.40

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期刊介绍： Counselling and Psychotherapy Research is an innovative international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to linking research with practice. Pluralist in orientation, the journal recognises the value of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods strategies of inquiry and aims to promote high-quality, ethical research that informs and develops counselling and psychotherapy practice. CPR is a journal of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, promoting reflexive research strongly linked to practice. The journal has its own website: www.cprjournal.com. The aim of this site is to further develop links between counselling and psychotherapy research and practice by offering accessible information about both the specific contents of each issue of CPR, as well as wider developments in counselling and psychotherapy research. The aims are to ensure that research remains relevant to practice, and for practice to continue to inform research development.