Developing Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Yoga and Mindfulness for the Well-Being of Student Musicians in Spain
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Javier Bartos, L.; Funes Molina, María Jesús; Ouellet, Marc; Posadas, M. Pilar; Krägeloh, ChrisEditorial
Frontiers Media
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yoga mindfulness emotional intelligence
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2021-04-21Referencia bibliográfica
Bartos, L.J. et. al. Front. Psychol. 12:642992. [https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.642992]
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Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain (PIV-033/19)Resumen
Here, we report on a quasi-experimental study to explore the applicability and perceived
benefits of the CRAFT program, which is based on mindfulness, yoga, positive
psychology, and emotional intelligence, to improve higher education student musicians’
health and well-being during the lockdown. A subset of student musicians at a Higher
Conservatory of Music in Spain followed the CRAFT program during the academic year
2019/2020, 1 h per week as part of their curriculum. Students enrolled in CRAFTbased
elective subjects formed the CRAFT program group (n = 40), while other students
represented the control group (n = 53). The onset of the national lockdown elicited by the
COVID-19 pandemic occurred halfway through the program, which was subsequently
delivered in an online format. We administered an online survey to explore the effect
that the exposure to the CRAFT program had in terms of how participants dealt with
various health and well-being concerns arising from the COVID-19 lockdown. There was
a significantly higher proportion of proactive participants in the CRAFT program group,
92%, than in the control group, 58%, in terms of implementing practices to improve their
health and well-being during the lockdown. Additionally, significantly more participants
acknowledged perceived benefits from their practices in the CRAFT program group,
78%, than in the control group, 52%. Among proactive participants, yoga/meditation
was the most implemented in the CRAFT program group, followed by exercise, and
other yoga/meditation practices, whereas in the control group, exercise and Alexander
technique-based practices were the most applied. In the CRAFT program group, the
highest rate of perceived benefits was from yoga/meditation CRAFT-based practices,
51%, followed by exercise, 32%, and other yoga/meditation practices, 27%, whereas in
the control group, benefits were reported by 29% of exercising participants and 16% for
those having practiced the Alexander technique. A similar pattern was observed when
excluding participants with previous yoga/meditation experience. This study revealed how participants can independently apply learned skills from the CRAFT program in
response to a naturally occurring life event of unprecedented global impact, suggesting
that previous exposure to mindfulness and yoga is likely to have a beneficial effect on
how young adults react towards exceptionally stressful conditions.