Investigating the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation on Reducing Anxiety Levels in College Students

by | Mar 4, 2024 | EDUCATION

 

Consider all of the designs we have discussed. Select a behavior and an intervention and indicate which design you could implement to determine the validity of the intervention. Answer the following questions:

Who would your participant(s) be? Do not enter any identifying information. For example you may have “Student A was a 14-year old girl diagnosed with ADHD” or “Participant was an 8-year old boy at the Adult Day Treatment Program” (1 point)
What behavior will you measure? (2 points)
What is your intervention? (2 points)
What is your experimental question? (5 points)
What design are you using? Why? (5 points)
How will you know your intervention was successful (hypothetically)? Here you will have to sketch (but not submit) what your ideal graph should look like and be sure to describe the wanted descriptions of the visual analysis. For example, trend, level, variability, and latency to change (5 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investigating the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation on Reducing Anxiety Levels in College Students

Thesis Statement

This essay aims to explore the impact of mindfulness meditation as an intervention to reduce anxiety levels in college students. Through a randomized controlled trial design, we will assess the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in comparison to a control group on anxiety levels among college students.

Participant(s)

The participants in this study will be college students aged between 18 to 25 years. Participants will be recruited from various academic disciplines to ensure a diverse representation.

Behavior Measurement

The behavior that will be measured in this study is the level of anxiety experienced by college students. Anxiety levels will be assessed using standardized self-report questionnaires, such as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Intervention

The intervention in this study will be mindfulness meditation training. Participants in the intervention group will receive training on mindfulness meditation techniques and will be encouraged to practice these techniques for a specified period each day. The control group will not receive any specific intervention related to mindfulness meditation.

Experimental Question

Does mindfulness meditation training lead to a significant reduction in anxiety levels among college students compared to a control group?

Design

The design that will be used in this study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT). RCTs are considered the gold standard in research for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. By randomly assigning participants to either the intervention or control group, RCTs help minimize bias and confounding variables, thus allowing for a more accurate assessment of the intervention’s impact.

Assessment of Intervention Success

To determine the success of the mindfulness meditation intervention, we will analyze the changes in anxiety levels between the intervention and control groups over a specified period (e.g., 8 weeks). A successful intervention would result in a noticeable decrease in anxiety levels in the intervention group compared to the control group. The ideal graph would show a clear downward trend in anxiety levels for the intervention group, indicating the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation in reducing anxiety. Additionally, there should be a significant difference in anxiety levels between the two groups, demonstrating the impact of the intervention. Variability in anxiety levels should decrease over time in the intervention group, showing consistency in the reduction of anxiety. The latency to change would ideally occur within the first few weeks of the intervention, indicating that participants responded quickly to the mindfulness meditation training.

 

 

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