Short-Term Meditation Training Fosters Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation
The present study aims to assess the beneficial effects of a short-term intervention (a combination of 12 practical 1-h sessions of meditation, called Integral Meditation, and lectures on neuroscience of...
Mindfulness based intervention for wellbeing among health care workers in Sri Lanka
The high prevalence of psychological problems observed among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic called for interventions to safeguard their mental health. We assessed the effectiveness of a 6-week...
Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial
In this three-arm parallel trial, mindfulness components were dismantled into three structurally equivalent 15-lesson smartphone-based interventions: (1) training in both monitoring and acceptance (Monitor + Accept), (2) training in monitoring...
Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Practice on Healthcare Workers in a Randomized Active Controlled Trial
A total of 80 HCWs were recruited and randomly assigned to engage in either 3 weeks (10 min/day) of mindfulness practice using Headspace or an active control condition (Lumosity; involving...
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Affect Dynamics in a Randomized Controlled Trial
The present study investigated the effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) versus an active control condition (music therapy stress reduction, MTSR) on several indicators of affect dynamics, namely...
Brief daily mindfulness practice and affective outcomes and correlates in a high BPD trait sample
The present study investigated the effects of engaging in brief, daily mindfulness practice in a sample of young adults with elevated BPD symptoms. Ninety-two participants were recruited and randomly assigned...
App-based mindfulness meditation reduces perceived stress and improves self-regulation in working university students: A randomised controlled trial
We investigated whether a brief mindfulness meditation programme delivered via a smartphone app improves perceived stress, self-regulation and life satisfaction in part-time working university students. Mindfulness and cognitive reappraisal were...
Mindfulness improves psychological health and supports health behaviour cognitions: Evidence from a pragmatic RCT of a digital mindfulness-based intervention
Participants from 91 countries (N = 1247, Mage = 27.03 [9.04]) were randomized to 30 days of mindfulness practice or attention-matched control condition. Measures of well-being, depression, anxiety, stress, sleep quality, barriers self-efficacy, self-regulation and...
Examining Student Metacognitive Skills, Perceived Stress, and Academic Resilience Before and After a Classroom Mindfulness Intervention
This study reports on a 6-week classroom mindfulness intervention in an introductory psychology course. Students (N = 91) completed pre- and post-intervention measures of mindfulness, metacognitive ability, perceived stress, and academic resilience,...
Mindfulness Intervention to Study the Neurobiology of Depression (MIND)
Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (RFCBT), an evidence-based treatment which directly targets a well-known risk for depressive relapse (i.e., ruminative habit), has shown preliminary success for reducing relapse rates among adolescents...