Academic Mindfulness : A tool for performance, well-being, and personal growth
Nylund, Christian Carl-Robert (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904256057
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The world is changing at a fast phase with new technologies, structures, and values that tend to cause overwhelm at the expense of our emotional and mental health. Our lives are filled with a constant stream of information, whether it is by scrolling, swiping, browsing, gaming, or consuming leading to our brains never getting to rest. To be able to keep up our performance and produce good results both academically, at work and in life in general, a tool for counteracting the overwhelm is of high necessity.
The aim of the thesis is to explore if practicing mindfulness can be a tool used by students during higher-education for both stress-management, neutralizing addiction related to technology, and social media, the students’ attitude towards implementing a mindfulness program at their school, as well as increasing the overall quality of mental health. The empirical research comprised a qualitative study which was carried out by interviewing students who are or have been practicing Mindfulness during higher education.
The results indicate that Mindfulness exercises can be used as a tool for stress-management, neutralizing addiction to technology and social media to some extent, and that there is sufficient open-mindedness for implementing a program at their educational institution as well as increase in both wellbeing and mental health. Mindfulness can be classified as a basic form of self-care.
The aim of the thesis is to explore if practicing mindfulness can be a tool used by students during higher-education for both stress-management, neutralizing addiction related to technology, and social media, the students’ attitude towards implementing a mindfulness program at their school, as well as increasing the overall quality of mental health. The empirical research comprised a qualitative study which was carried out by interviewing students who are or have been practicing Mindfulness during higher education.
The results indicate that Mindfulness exercises can be used as a tool for stress-management, neutralizing addiction to technology and social media to some extent, and that there is sufficient open-mindedness for implementing a program at their educational institution as well as increase in both wellbeing and mental health. Mindfulness can be classified as a basic form of self-care.