The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the transition of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from in-person to online delivery. However, the impact of this transition on participants’ characteristics, adherence, and outcomes in community-based MBSR programs has not been adequately examined. The present study retrospectively compared the effects on psychological well-being outcome measures of...
Objectives The .b (“dot be”) mindfulness program aims to reduce both internalizing and externalizing risks and to enhance well-being among adolescents. A UK-based feasibility study (FS) reported significant improvements in depressive symptoms, stress, and well-being, whereas a large-scale randomized controlled trial—the UK-based MYRIAD study (MS) found no improvements and even some negative...
Abstract Objectives As mindfulness practices become mainstream, it is increasingly common for participants in mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) to have previous meditation experience. The primary aim of this study was to assess whether the impacts of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on a variety of self-report measures differed for novice meditators (NM) and regular...