Mindfulness-Based Wellness

Mindfulness-Based Wellness program

at Avila University, Fall '07

I am still scoring and re-scoring some instruments, and checking data entry... BUT, early indicators (pending all that re-checking) are that we had GREAT results:

The people who participated in our program showed:
significant mean INCREASES in: Mindfulness; Quality of Life; Self-Compassion; and Personal Growth;

and they showed: significant mean DECREASES in: Deficits in Attention; Depression; Anxiety; Overall Psychological Distress; Systolic Blood Pressure; and Body Fat %.

And, there were NO significant mean changes, on any of those measures, in the control group.

This is consistent with our "qualitative" outcome data in which participants said, both formally (narrative questionnaire responses) and informally (conversations all across campus) that they LOVED this program! We had an initial group of 24 participants; only 4 dropped out over the course of the semester (i.e., a dropout rate of 17%, which is very respectable).