Publication details
MUNI Healthy Minds: Birth, Implementation, and Benefits of an eHealth Mindfulness-Based Program in the Life of University Students
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The fact that increased stress associated with university studies may negatively affect different aspects of students’ psychological, physical, and social wellbeing is prompting universities to implement various mental health supporting programs. Since face-to-face psychological interventions can be associated with many obstacles (e.g., limited accessibility, fear of stigma or self-disclosure, etc.), different alternatives to help students cope with difficult periods are constantly being sought. Thanks to major technological advances, this kind of support and information can now be provided via internet or smartphone applications. The effectiveness of eHealth programmes in reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep problems has already been documented in both student and general populations. While most eHealth programs are based on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), programs based on mindfulness (eMBP), whose mechanism of action is different from that of CBT, are also coming to the fore. Mindfulness works through increasing transdiagnostic characteristics like attention and emotion regulation, emotional and body awareness, change in self-perspective, self-compassion, and self-transcendence. |