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VALIDATION OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY FOR STATE MINDFULNESS INDUCTION IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SETTING

Davis, Tetyana
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu152811929144756

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2018, Master of Arts in Psychology, Cleveland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
The exponential growth of mindfulness’ popularity in both experimental and applied fields of psychology has revealed serious gaps in the relevant research methodology and theoretical groundwork which, in turn, has undermined the inferences about the beneficial nature of mindfulness. One of the methodological gaps is a lack of formally validated mindfulness induction procedures. The present research aimed to address this issue by experimentally validating a 5-minute body-centered guided meditation as an effective method of mindfulness induction in a laboratory setting. The induction method was designed by an independent professional yoga and meditation teacher; it was designed to be brief, simple, body-centered, and not affiliated with any specific tradition of mindfulness practice. A four-group randomized-control pretest-posttest study design was used in this study. Ninety-nine participants were recruited from the Cleveland State University student body. The Toronto Mindfulness Scale was used for the pretest and posttest assessments of state mindfulness. State mindfulness was measured twice in each group: (1) before and (2) either immediately after or 30 minutes after the induction procedure. The induction method was effective in increasing state mindfulness immediately after the mindfulness induction. The induction effect dissipated but did not fully disappear, by the 30-minute mark. The control condition (sitting down and attending to one’s thoughts and physical sensations) served as a low but stable mindfulness induction.
Andrew Slifkin (Advisor)
Albert Smith (Committee Member)
Ilya Yaroslavsky (Committee Member)
Conor McLennan (Committee Member)
63 p.
Experimental Psychology
Mindfulness; mindfulness research; mindfulness research methodology; mindfulness induction; the Toronto Mindfulness Scale; state mindfulness

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  • Davis, T. (2018). VALIDATION OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY FOR STATE MINDFULNESS INDUCTION IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SETTING [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu152811929144756

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Davis, Tetyana. VALIDATION OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY FOR STATE MINDFULNESS INDUCTION IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SETTING. 2018. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu152811929144756.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Davis, Tetyana. "VALIDATION OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY FOR STATE MINDFULNESS INDUCTION IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SETTING." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu152811929144756

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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