EFFECTS OF A BRIEF MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTION ON STRESS RESPONSE, ATTENTION AND INTEROCEPTION SKILLS IN YOUTH ADULTS
Mindfulness-based practices have been used as an effective approach to reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, and increase attention, emotional regulation and quality of life. The present study integrates variables related to resting state, sustained attention, interoception, anxiety, affect and stress response in adults submitted to a three-day training using a mindfulness-based exercise. Electrophysiological, hormonal and behavioral measures were collected in two moments, pre and post intervention, in both active control and experimental groups. Our results suggest a difference between groups related to interoception and sustained attention at the post-training session. These results are represented thought psychological measures and event-related potential analysis to a well-validated attentional paradigm. In addition, intragroup results suggest a reduction of anxiety and an increase of interoception and state of mindfulness after training in the experimental group. In this sense, the study demonstrates positive acute effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on measures related to attention and well-being.