Mindfulness and Symptoms of Depression in Mexican Adolescents High School Students
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| Formaat: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publicatiedatum: | 2016 |
| Omschrijving: | The objective of this research was to identify the relation between depressive symptoms and mindfulness levels in mexican adolescents high school students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 930 baccalaureate students between 15 and 19 years old was performed. The instruments, CESD (depressive symptoms) and MAAS (mindfulness) were applied, finding a 17.3% prevalence of depressive symptoms, furthermore, 55.2% of participants had low levels of mindfulness, and also adolescents with depressive symptoms have higher levels of mindfulness. The relation between depression symptoms and mindfulness was negative (r= -0.53; <.001). Conclusion: Study the feature of full awareness or mindfulness as a positive psychological factor because it’s reducing effect is demonstrated in psychological symptoms such as depression. |
| Land: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instelling: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Taal: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/24047 |
| Online toegang: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/24047 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Keyword: | Mindfulness depression adolescents students high school Mindulness depresión adolescentes estudiantes bachillerato |