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Mindfulness-based interventions for binge eating: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal of behavioral medicine February 2025 Jianyi Liu, Mara Tynan, Alexandra Mouangue et al.

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have gained popularity in recent years in treating binge eating. Previous reviews and meta-analyses have found that MBIs demonstrated medium-large to large effects in reducing binge eating. However, as the literature on this topic has been growing rapidly, an updated review on MBIs' effectiveness is much needed. This study is a 10-year update of the...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-025-00550-5 Full text Mindfulness Binge eating Dialectical behavior therapy

Impact of mindfulness versus supportive sex education on stress in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder.

Journal of behavioral medicine August 1, 2024 Lori A Brotto, Rosemary Basson, Andrea Grabovac et al.

Low desire in women is the most common sexual difficulty, and stress has been identified as a significant predictor of symptoms. We evaluated a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) group treatment versus a sex education comparison group treatment (STEP) on self-reported stress and on the physiological stress response measured via morning-to-evening cortisol slope in 148 women with a...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-024-00491-5 Full text Mindfulness Cortisol Low desire Sex education +2

Pain acceptance as a change mechanism for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for migraine.

Journal of behavioral medicine June 1, 2024 Rachel D Best, Ali Ozmeral, Amy S. Grinberg et al.

Migraine is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Third wave therapies, such as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Migraine (MBCT-M), have proven efficacious in reducing headache-related disability. However, research is needed to better understand the change mechanisms involved in these third-wave therapies. Acceptance is a fundamental component of third wave therapies, and...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-024-00475-5 Full text Mindfulness Disability Migraine Pain acceptance

Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on attention, rumination and resting blood pressure in women with cancer: a waitlist-controlled study.

Journal of behavioral medicine June 2012 Tavis S Campbell, Laura E Labelle, Simon L Bacon et al.

The present study is a waitlist-controlled investigation of the impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on mindful attentiveness, rumination and blood pressure (BP) in women with cancer. Female post-treatment cancer patients were recruited from the MBSR program waitlist. Participants completed self-report measures of mindfulness and rumination and measured casual BP at...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9357-1 Full text

A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to manage affective symptoms and improve quality of life in gay men living with HIV.

Journal of behavioral medicine June 2012 Bill Gayner, Mary Jane Esplen, Peter DeRoche et al.

To determine whether MBSR groups would help gay men living with HIV improve psychosocial functioning and increase mindfulness compared to treatment-as-usual (TAU). 117 participants were randomized 2:1 to MBSR or TAU. No new psychosocial or psychopharmacological interventions were initiated within 2 months of baseline. Standardized questionnaires were administered pre-, postintervention and at 6...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9350-8 Full text

Mindfulness based stress reduction in post-treatment breast cancer patients: an examination of symptoms and symptom clusters.

Journal of behavioral medicine February 2012 Cecile A Lengacher, Richard R Reich, Janice Post-White et al.

To investigate prevalence and severity of symptoms and symptom clustering in breast cancer survivors who attended MBSR(BC). Women were randomly assigned into MBSR(BC) or Usual Care (UC). Eligible women were ≥ 21 years, had been diagnosed with breast cancer and completed treatment within 18 months of enrollment. Symptoms and interference with daily living were measured pre- and post-MBSR(BC)...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9346-4 Full text

Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

Journal of behavioral medicine December 2011 Jeffrey M Greeson, Daniel M Webber, Moria J Smoski et al.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a secular behavioral medicine program that has roots in meditative spiritual practices. Thus, spirituality may partly explain Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction outcomes. Participants (N = 279; M (SD) age = 45(12); 75% women) completed an online survey before and after an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. Structural equation modeling was...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9332-x Full text

Migraines and meditation: does spirituality matter?

Journal of behavioral medicine August 2008 Amy B Wachholtz, Kenneth I Pargament

Migraine headaches are associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety (Waldie and Poulton Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 72: 86-92, 2002) and feelings of low self-efficacy (French et al. Headache, 40: 647-656, 2000). Previous research suggests that spiritual meditation may ameliorate some of the negative traits associated with migraine headaches (Wachholtz and Pargament...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9159-2 Full text

Relationships between mindfulness practice and levels of mindfulness, medical and psychological symptoms and well-being in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program.

Journal of behavioral medicine February 2008 James Carmody, Ruth A Baer

Relationships were investigated between home practice of mindfulness meditation exercises and levels of mindfulness, medical and psychological symptoms, perceived stress, and psychological well-being in a sample of 174 adults in a clinical Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. This is an 8- session group program for individuals dealing with stress-related problems, illness,...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-007-9130-7 Full text

Is spirituality a critical ingredient of meditation? Comparing the effects of spiritual meditation, secular meditation, and relaxation on spiritual, psychological, cardiac, and pain outcomes.

Journal of behavioral medicine August 2005 Amy B Wachholtz, Kenneth I Pargament

This study compared secular and spiritual forms of meditation to assess the benefits of a spiritual intervention. Participants were taught a meditation or relaxation technique to practice for 20 min a day for two weeks. After two weeks, participants returned to the lab, practiced their technique for 20 min, and placed their hand in a cold-water bath of 2 degrees C for as long as they could...

DOI: 10.1007/s10865-005-9008-5 Full text

Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on medical and premedical students.

Journal of behavioral medicine December 1998 S L Shapiro, G E Schwartz, G Bonner

The inability to cope successfully with the enormous stress of medical education may lead to a cascade of consequences at both a personal and professional level. The present study examined the short-term effects of an 8-week meditation-based stress reduction intervention on premedical and medical students using a well-controlled statistical design. Findings indicate that participation in the...

DOI: 10.1023/a:1018700829825 Full text

Elevated serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels in practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi programs.

Journal of behavioral medicine August 1992 J L Glaser, J L Brind, J H Vogelman et al.

Serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) levels were measured in 270 men and 153 women who were experienced practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi programs, mental techniques practiced twice daily, sitting quietly with the eyes closed. These were compared according to sex and 5-year age grouping to 799 male and 453 female nonmeditators. The mean DHEA-S levels in...

DOI: 10.1007/bf00844726 Full text

The clinical use of mindfulness meditation for the self-regulation of chronic pain.

Journal of behavioral medicine June 1985 Jon Kabat‐zinn, Leslie Lipworth, Robert Burney

Ninety chronic pain patients were trained in mindfulness meditation in a 10-week Stress Reduction and Relaxation Program. Statistically significant reductions were observed in measures of present-moment pain, negative body image, inhibition of activity by pain, symptoms, mood disturbance, and psychological symptomatology, including anxiety and depression. Pain-related drug utilization decreased...

DOI: 10.1007/bf00845519 Full text

A comparison of somatic relaxation and EEG activity in classical progressive relaxation and transcendental meditation.

Journal of behavioral medicine March 1980 S Warrenburg, R R Pagano, M Woods et al.

Oxygen consumption, electroencephalogram (EEG), and four other measures of somatic relaxation were monitored in groups of long-term practitioners of classical Jacobson's progressive relaxation (PR) and Transcendental Meditation (TM) and also in a group of novice PR trainees. All subjects (1) practiced relaxation or meditation (treatment), (2) sat with eyes closed (EC control), and (3) read from...

DOI: 10.1007/bf00844915 Full text

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