Objective: the investigators examined relations between mindfulness and health behaviors in college students, as well as the role of stress in mediating these effects. Participants: participants were 553 undergraduates (385 females; mean age = 18.8 years, SD = 2.1) recruited from a university in the northeastern United States. Methods: participants completed questionnaires assessing...
Explore2009John D Agee, Sharon Danoff-Burg, Christoffer A. Grant
This study sought to compare a five-week mindfulness meditation (MM) course to a five-week course that taught progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). Forty-three adults from the community were randomly assigned to either MM (n = 19) or PMR (n = 24) courses after responding to flyers and other advertisements for a free stress management course. Mindfulness meditation participants practiced...