ERIC Number: EJ1473265
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
One-Year Follow-Up of a Remote Delivered Koru Mindfulness RCT Intervention for College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Grazia Mirabito1; Lekha S. Koganti1; Paul Verhaeghen1
Journal of American College Health, v73 n4 p1306-1309 2025
Objective: To examine whether a remote, online, group-based mindfulness intervention maintains long-term effects at one-year follow-up. Participants: 61 college students (38 in the intervention group, 23 controls) completed the follow-up survey. Methods: Follow-up to an RCT using a 4-week Koru Mindfulness program, investigating pre-to-follow-up changes in the intervention group compared to control participants. Results: The intervention produced significant follow-up effects, as assessed by a time by group interaction in a MANOVA (Cohen's d = 0.59), with univariate effects for four of our 21 variables, compared to reliable posttest effects for 16 of these variables. Post-intervention practice maintenance was low (on average participants practiced once a month); continued practice correlated with treatment gain in two of our mindfulness variables, stress, worry, and anxiety. Conclusions: We found some evidence for maintained benefits one year after a remote, online, group-based mindfulness program, as well as modest evidence for the benefit of continued practice.
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness, Group Activities, Distance Education, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Stress Management
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales
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Author Affiliations: 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA