Mindfulness and Symptoms of Depression in Mexican Adolescents High School Students

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 (depress...

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Autores: Veytia-López, Marcela, Guadarrama Guadarrama, Rosalinda, Márquez-Mendoza, Octavio, Fajardo Gómez, Rocio J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/24047
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/24047
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mindfulness
depression
adolescents
students
high school
Mindulness
depresión
adolescentes
estudiantes
bachillerato
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Sumario: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.