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Can the Attention Training Technique Reduce Stress in Students? : A Controlled Study of Stress Appraisals and Meta-Worry
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- Myhr, Peter (författare)
- MCT Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hursti, Timo, 1957- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi
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- Emanuelsson, Katarina (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi
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- Löfgren, Elina (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi
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- Hjemdal, Odin (författare)
- Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Psychol, Trondheim, Norway;Nidaros DPS, Div Psychiat, St Clays Hosp, Trondheim, Norway
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- 2019-07-10
- 2019
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Psychology. - : FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. - 1664-1078. ; 10
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Abstract
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- The present study tested the impact of attention training on cognition; secondary appraisal of perceived stress, and on metacognition; meta-worry in stressed students. Theoretically derived from the Self-Regulatory Executive Function model (S-REF model; Wells and Matthews, 1994a, 1996), the attention training technique (ATT; Wells, 1990) is intended to promote flexible, voluntary external attention and has been shown to reduce symptoms of psychological distress. The present experimental study explored the effects of ATT on cognitive and metacognitive levels of appraisal, namely perceived stress (primary outcome) and meta-worry (secondary outcome). Stressed students were randomized to an experimental ATT group (n = 23) or a control group (n = 23). The ATT group attended an initial training session followed by 4 weeks of individual (12 min) daily ATT practice. The control group waited for 4 weeks before receiving the intervention. The outcomes were scores on the Perceived Stress Scale 14 (PSS-14) and the Meta-Worry Questionnaire (MWQ) frequency and belief subscales at post study. Both measures decreased significantly following ATT with large pre- to post-effect sizes but there were minimal changes in the control group. The between-group differences were statistically significant. The results add to the literature on the potential effects of ATT by demonstrating effects on the content of cognitive stress appraisals and on meta-worry in an academic setting in a stressed student sample.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi -- Tillämpad psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology -- Applied Psychology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- attention training
- stress
- meta-worry
- S-REF model
- experimental study
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