Implementación de dos programas virtuales de mindfulness en docentes universitarios y su asociación con resultados en la ansiedad, la depresión y el burnout

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.16477

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Publicado: sept 29, 2026
Número: Vol. 44 Núm. 2 (2026)
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Palabras clave: depresión ansiedad burnout mindfulness headspace

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  Santiago Zarate Guerrero
Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Programa de psicología virtual; Centro de Psicología Cyan. Bogotá, Colombia
  Johanna Marcela Durán
Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Facultad de ciencias sociales y humanas, Colombia
  Juan Gabriel Ocampo-Palacio
Universidad del Rosario, Programa de psicología, Bogotá, Colombia

Resumen

La depresión y la ansiedad son trastornos que pueden afectar a personas en cualquier ocupación, incluyendo a los profesores universitarios, impactando su bienestar emocional y desempeño laboral. Esta investigación estudió cambios en las variables emocionales y de burnout en una muestra de docentes universitarios de facultades de Psicología asociados a dos condiciones de intervención basadas en mindfulness. Treinta y tres profesores fueron divididos aleatoriamente, un grupo recibió la intervención de mindfulness basada en el Protocolo Unificado (PU) de Barlow en sesiones virtuales (N =18), el otro lo hizo a través de la aplicación Headspace (HS) con el programa básico (N = 15). Se encontró una asociación en las dos condiciones de intervención (PU y Headspace) con una disminución en los niveles de depresión y una de las escalas de consciencia emocional. Sin embargo, el puntaje de eficacia del burnout solo aumentó en el grupo que recibió el módulo del protocolo. Esta investigación destaca que la práctica de mindfulness, ya sea a través de una aplicación o en sesiones guiadas por profesionales, puede tener un impacto positivo en la salud emocional y el bienestar de profesores universitarios, con beneficios notables en la reducción de ansiedad y depresión.

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