AIDS Care
July 1, 2018
Deanna Kerrigan, Suzanne M. Grieb, Jonathan M. Ellen et al.
31 citations
Youth living with HIV have sub-optimal rates of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Mindfulness instruction interventions have shown promise for improving medication adherence, but the effects and mechanisms of these interventions are still being explored among people living with HIV, including youth. In the context of a randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based...
May 1, 2018
Erica Sibinga, Lindsey Webb, Jonathan M. Ellen
Background Urban youth are exposed to significant and recurrent stress and trauma, related to community and interpersonal violence, failing schools, and lack of educational opportunities. There is increasing interest in opportunities for male youth to learn techniques that support enhanced self-regulation. Previous research has shown that mindfulness instruction can reduce the negative effects...
AIDS Care
October 25, 2017
Lindsey Webb, Carisa Perry‐Parrish, Jonathan M. Ellen et al.
69 citations
HIV-infected youth experience many stressors, including stress related to their illness, which can negatively impact their mental and physical health. Therefore, there is a significant need to identify potentially effective interventions to improve stress management, coping, and self-regulation. The object of the study was to assess the effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)...
Pediatrics
December 19, 2015
Erica Sibinga, Lindsey Webb, Sharon R. Ghazarian et al.
233 citations
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Many urban youth experience significant and unremitting negative stressors, including those associated with community violence, multigenerational poverty, failing educational systems, substance use, limited avenues for success, health risks, and trauma. Mindfulness instruction improves psychological functioning in a variety of adult populations; research on mindfulness...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
February 25, 2011
Erica Sibinga, Deanna Kerrigan, Miriam Stewart et al.
200 citations
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to assess the general acceptability and to assess domains of potential effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and at-risk urban youth. METHODS: Thirteen-to twenty-one-year-old youth were recruited from the pediatric primary care clinic of an urban tertiary care hospital to...