Mindfulness-based interventions are found to effectively reduce stress and improve mental health outcomes. Yet, it is not always clear how the mindfulness skills of attention and acceptance develop throughout the intervention. This knowledge gap is especially pertinent for novice meditators learning these skills for the first time, including whether some individuals are more prone to learning...
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are widely used to promote psychological and physical health, yet their efficacy among individuals with histories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been mixed. While most conceptualizations attribute the cultivation of nonjudgmental awareness as a primary mechanism of MBI-related benefits, individuals with stress-regulatory systems that were...
Abstract Objectives Reward-based eating, characterized by preoccupation with food-related thoughts, loss of control while eating, and lack of satiety, often occurs in response to emotional cues rather than physical hunger. This maladaptive eating pattern may be mitigated by mindfulness, which encompasses present-moment awareness and an accepting, non-judgmental attitude. This study examined two...
App-based mindfulness meditation programs have shown mixed effects in reducing stress levels. These studies have typically relied on limited assessments of dimensions of stress and on pre-post designs to detect effects. This randomized controlled trial examined the effect of the mindfulness meditation app Headspace on reducing subjective stress, stressor appraisals, perceived coping, and...
Mindfulness meditation may improve well-being among employees; however, effects of digital meditation programs are poorly understood. To evaluate the effects of digital meditation vs a waiting list condition on general and work-specific stress and whether greater engagement in the intervention moderates these effects. This randomized clinical trial included a volunteer sample of adults (aged...
Theoretical work proposes that acceptance, attention monitoring, decentering, self-compassion, and nonreactivity are mechanisms that explain beneficial effects of mindfulness training. Yet, whether these mechanisms represent independent constructs and whether they naturally vary within person is unclear. This study examined whether mindfulness mechanisms represent independent constructs that...
Abstract Objectives Theoretical work proposed that mindfulness interventions function by enhancing various mindfulness mechanisms, including acceptance, attention monitoring, decentering, self-compassion, and nonreactivity. However, much of what is currently known about the effects of mindfulness interventions on mindfulness mechanisms comes from studies assessing these mechanisms pre- and...