I den föreliggande studien undersöktes effekten av en kort mindfulnessövning på inhiberingsförmågan hos ett urval av media-multitaskare, något som definieras som att typiskt sett använda sig av fler än en media samtidigt. Studien var ett internetbaserat experiment där deltagarna delades randomiserat in till antingen en mindfulnessbetingelse (n = 18) eller en kontrollbetingelse bestående av klassisk musik (n = 22). Deltagarna (ålder 20–60 år) rekryterades via facebook, universitet samt posters därmed enligt ett bekvämlighetsurval. De hade ingen tidigare erfarenhet av mindfulnessmeditation och hade inga psykiatriska diagnoser. Det primära utfallsmåttet var inhiberingsförmåga mätt med Eriksen flanker task. Det gjordes även mätningar av mindfulnesstillstånd samt av upplevd stress. Studiens resultat visade att båda grupperna förbättrade sin inhiberingsförmåga, men påvisade ingen skillnad mellan grupperna. Det fanns heller ingen skillnad i skattat mindfulnesstillstånd mellan grupperna. Resultatet indikerar att effekten på inhiberingsförmåga inte var beroende av nivå på självskattad stress men bör tolkas med försiktighet på grund av möjliga svagheter i metoden. Då en focused attention (FA) mindfulnessövning kontra klassisk musik inte skilde sig signifikant i mindfulnesstillstånd bör framtida forskning undersöka validiteten av konstruktet mindfulness. Nyckelord: Inhibering, mindfulness, Eriksen flanker task, exekutiva funktioner. / The present study examined the connection between inhibition and a short mindfulness exercise on a sample of media-multitaskers, defined as a person using more than one media at the same time. The study was an internet-based experiment in which the partcipants were randomly assigned to a mindfulness condition (n = 18) or a control condition (n = 22) in which listened to classical music. Participants (20–60 years) were recruited through facebook, university and posters, the selection was a convenience sample. They had no former experience of mindfulness meditation and had no psychiatric diagnosis. The primary measure was the ability of inhibition measured with the Eriksen flanker task. Additional measures were state mindfulness and self-perceived stress. Both groups improved their inhibition-ability with no significant difference between groups. There was no additional difference in self-assessed mindfulnessstate between groups. Results indicate that the inhibition-ability does not depend on the level of self-assessed stress but this should in addition be interpreted with caution because of methodological shortcomings. As a focused attention (FA) mindfulness exercise to classical music didn’t significantly differ in mindfulness state future research should examinethe validity of the construct mindfulness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-190768 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Carlberg, Joakim, Oresten, Hampus |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | Swedish |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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