ABSTRACT

College students experience high levels of anxiety and stress, resulting in academic, interpersonal, and functional challenges. Despite awareness of anxiety and stress amongst students, universities and colleges fail to meet their mental health needs. Neurofeedback (NFB) training, a noninvasive approach designed to regulate brain processes to mitigate anxiety and stress-based symptoms, is an innovative option to help college students. A pre-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was implemented to measure whether a treatment group reported differences in anxiety and stress (as measured by the Beck Anxiety Inventory [BAI], Perceived Stress Scale [PSS], and Social Anxiety Thought [SAT] questionnaire) as compared to a waitlist control group. Results indicated significant decreases in SAT and PSS scores between groups, with no significant difference for BAI scores. Additionally, no significant differences were found over time between groups, regardless of gender. Limitations and future recommendations are explored.

摘要

大学生经历高度焦虑和压力，导致学业、人际关系和功能上的挑战。尽管学生意识到焦虑和压力，但大学和学院未能满足他们的心理健康需求。神经反馈 (NFB) 训练是一种旨在调节大脑过程以减轻焦虑和压力症状的非侵入性方法，是帮助大学生的创新选择。实施了测试前控制组的准实验设计，以测量治疗组是否报告了焦虑和压力方面的差异（通过贝克焦虑量表 [BAI]、感知压力量表 [PSS] 和社交焦虑思维 [SAT] 测量）问卷）与候补名单对照组相比。结果表明，各组之间的 SAT 和 PSS 分数显着下降，BAI 分数没有显着差异。此外，无论性别如何，随着时间的推移，各组之间没有发现显着差异。探讨了局限性和未来的建议。