The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Practice on Perceived Stress and Sustained Attention: Does Priming Matter?
Mindfulness (N Y) June 6, 2022 Rhiannon Y. Ueberholz, Alexandra J. Fiocco 20 citations
A brief mindfulness practice can reduce perceived stress and improve sustained attention, but the effect is not influenced by whether participants are first primed with mindfulness-related concepts. In a randomized experiment, participants who engaged in a short mindfulness exercise reported lower stress and performed better on an attention task compared to a control group, regardless of prior priming. The findings suggest that the benefits of a brief mindfulness practice are robust and do not depend on explicit expectation or context setting.