A 6-week mindfulness-based training on aggression and sleep quality in long-term incarcerated males / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate whether the mindfulness training can reduce the aggression level and im-prove the sleeping quality among incarcerated people.Methods:Fifty-four male criminals were recruited into the study.They were divided into mindfulness training group (n =25)and control group (n =29).The training group took mindfulness exercise once a week for 6 weeks.While the participants in waiting list control group waited for 6 weeks without intervention.After 6-week mindfulness training for training group and post-assessment for all partici-pants,the waiting list control group went into 6-week mindfulness training.The Five Facet Mindfulness Question-naire (FFMQ),Aggression Questionnaire (AQ)and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)were assessed before and after the intervention.Results:There were 19 valid data in training group,and 21 in control group.After 6-week training,the score difference between pre-and post-assessment of FFMQ (P <0.01 )was higher in the training group than in the control group,and the difference of AQ (P <0.01)and PSQI (P <0.01)was lower in training group than in the control group.Conclusion:The results suggest that 6-week mindfulness training could effectively reduce the aggression level and improve the sleep quality in the long-term incarcerated males.