Behavioral Sleep Medicine
2025
Nathaniel R Choukas, Emily C Woodworth, Heena R Manglani et al.
2 citations
In this meta-regression, we aimed to explore associations between changes in psychosocial factors and changes in sleep disturbance during mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). We also investigated participant-specific and methodological factors associated with sleep disturbance during MBIs. We utilized data from a published meta-analysis of 40 randomized controlled trials of MBIs (published...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
February 1, 2024
Victoria A Grunberg, Jafar Bakhshaie, Heena R Manglani et al.
4 citations
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is chronic neurogenetic condition that increases risk for poor quality of life, depression, and anxiety. Given the lack of biomedical treatments, we developed the "Relaxation Response Resiliency for NF" (3RP-NF) program to improve psychosocial outcomes among adults with NF. To move toward effectiveness testing, we must understand mechanisms that explained treatment...
Rehabilitation psychology
November 2022
Elizabeth Jean Duraney, Megan Fisher, Heena R Manglani et al.
Purpose/Objective Research: This secondary analysis of a pilot randomized controlled trial in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) aimed to compare mindfulness-based training (MBT), adaptive cognitive training (aCT), and a waitlist control (WL) on the use of emotion regulation strategies during daily worries and ruminations. Further, we examined cognitive functioning as a moderator of training...
BMC Geriatrics
August 13, 2022
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, Megan Fisher et al.
Mindfulness meditation is a form of mind-body intervention that has increasing scientific support for its ability to reduce age-related declines in cognitive functioning, improve affective health, and strengthen the neural circuitry supporting improved cognitive and affective health. However, the majority of existent studies have been pilot investigations with small sample sizes, limited...