Unclear if group mindfulness helped students put off schoolwork less than doing nothing
Who it’s about: Students
- No difference
After eight weeks of group mindfulness, students put off schoolwork less, but it's unclear if that beat doing nothing.
- Action: Practise mindfulnesstested
- Rule: Every daytested
- Rule: Keep the daily version tinytested
- Rule: Practise with a groupused
- Rule: In weekly sessionsused
Small randomised trial of 62 students at a university in China · vs students who kept their usual routines · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable
The study
Who took part
62 students at one university in China who had never tried mindfulness. There were 31 in each group, and about 8 in 10 were women. Most of the mindfulness group were in their first year, but fewer than half of the other group were.
What they did
The mindfulness group met once a week for eight weeks, 90 minutes each time. They did breathing, body scans, mindful eating, yoga and similar practice. They also practised for 10 minutes a day at home and kept a diary. The other group kept to their usual routines.
What happened
The mindfulness group said they put off schoolwork less at the end than at the start. The other group didn't change. The paper contradicts itself on whether the gap between the groups was real: the text says no, but a table says yes. There was no later check.
Source
The Effects Of Group Mindfulness Intervention on University Students' Academic Procrastination (2025)
DOI: 10.1145/3729605.3729688 (opens in a new tab)
