The effects of short video app-guided mindfulness meditation on rumination, self-compassion, psychological flexibility, and depression among individuals experiencing entrepreneurial failure.
Frontiers in Psychiatry January 1, 2025 Ye-Hui Tu, Chao Liu, Zheng-Hao Gao et al.
A five-week app-guided mindfulness intervention (three minutes daily) improved psychological flexibility and self-compassion and reduced rumination and depressive symptoms among recently failed entrepreneurs. In a randomized trial with 100 participants aged 25–55, those who completed the daily mindfulness sessions showed significantly greater reductions in rumination and depression and greater increases in self-compassion and psychological flexibility compared to a waitlist control group. The findings suggest that brief, mobile-guided mindfulness practices can serve as a scalable tool to support mental health recovery after entrepreneurial failure.