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Shelley N. Aikman

2 papers in the library · 9 citations · publishing 2025-2026

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Free Your Mind and Mental Health and Wellbeing Will Follow: Evidence from Across-Day Within-Person Mediation in an Eight-Week Mindfulness RCT

Mindfulness March 26, 2026 Paul Verhaeghen, Shelley N. Aikman, Nilam Ram

Abstract Objectives The study aimed to identify the within-person mediating mechanisms linking state mindfulness to mental health, wellbeing, and compassion. Method Participants (133 college students going through an eight-week mindfulness intervention, and 131 waitlist controls) provided daily measures of predictors (facets of mindfulness), mediators (rumination, cognitive interference,...

Mindfulness Interventions in Older Adults for Mental Health and Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences March 12, 2025 Paul Verhaeghen, Shelley N. Aikman, Grazia Mirabito 9 citations

Mindfulness interventions are consistently associated with beneficial effects in younger adults. In this meta-analysis, we seek to quantify the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions for the mental health and well-being of older adults. We include 46 studies that implemented a mindfulness intervention (MBSR = 20; MBCT = 9; ad hoc protocol = 17) with older adults (samples with an average age...