ISSN 0022-006X, 1939-2117
55 papers in the library · 8,526 citations · publishing 1976-2026
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology August 1, 2026
Fifteen-month drinking reductions in a randomized clinical trial of cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based treatments and a matched nontreatment-seeking community sample.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 1, 2025 Andreas Voldstad, Ananda Zeas-Sigüenza, Anton Skolzkov et al. 2 citations
Mindfulness interventions (MIs) train nonjudgmental attention to present-moment experience and aim to improve mental health and well-being. The evidence for their effect on interpersonal relationships is promising but uncertain. This study examines the effect of MIs on couple relationship satisfaction (RS). Randomized controlled trials of MIs including RS were selected based on systematic...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April 1, 2025 Judy Garber, Denise A Chavira, Emma K Adam et al. 5 citations
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to test the effects of an online, coached mindfulness intervention on momentary negative affect (mNA) for youth with high levels of trait negative affectivity. Participants were 111 youth ages 12 to 17 years old (M = 14.17, SD = 1.60). Youth self-identified as 68% female, 29% male, and 4.5% gender diverse; 54.55% identified as White; 31.82...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology December 1, 2024 Reagan L Miller, Lauren B Shomaker, Mark A. Prince et al. 2 citations
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to test if a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) compared to an active control ameliorates the impacts of life stressors on momentary mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties among adolescents exposed to chronic stressors. METHOD: Adolescents exposed to chronic stressors (N = 81, Mage = 13.75 years; 56% boys; 24% Hispanic/Latino, 57% White) were...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology September 1, 2024 Barnaby D. Dunn, Laura Warbrick, Rachel Hayes et al. 10 citations
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a viable alternative to maintenance antidepressant medication (M-ADM) to reduce risk of relapse/recurrence (RR) in recurrent depression, but its mechanism of action is not yet fully articulated. This secondary analysis of the PREVENT trial examined if MBCT with support to taper medication (MBCT-TS) reduces risk of RR in part by enhancing positive...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology August 1, 2024 Simon B. Goldberg, Daniel M. Bolt, Cortland J. Dahl et al. 5 citations
Meditation apps are the most widely used mental health apps. The precise mechanisms underlying their effects remain unclear. In particular, the degree to which affect experienced during meditation is associated with outcomes has not been established. We used the meditation app arm of a recently completed randomized controlled trial comparing a self-guided meditation app (Healthy Minds Program)...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April 1, 2024 Yuval Hadash, Tatyana Veksler, Omer Dar et al. 8 citations
We sought to address a growing debate regarding the adverse and salutary impact of unusual, extraordinary or intense subjective experiences during meditation-based interventions. To do so, we empirically characterized such peak experiences during an intensive meditation intervention and their impact postintervention. We conducted a preregistered prospective intervention study among 96 adults...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology September 28, 2023 Christian A. Webb, Matthew J. Hirshberg, Oscar González et al. 6 citations
OBJECTIVE: they work. Mechanisms of change may be obscured due to prior research collapsing across heterogeneous subgroups of patients with differing underlying mechanisms of response. Studies identifying baseline individual characteristics that predict differential response (i.e., moderation) may inform research on why (i.e., mediation) a particular subgroup has better outcomes to an...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology July 17, 2023 Sona Dimidjian, Robert Gallop, Joseph J. Lévy et al. 14 citations
OBJECTIVE: Digital delivery of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy through the Mindful Mood Balance (MMB) program is clinically effective (Segal et al., 2020); however, the mechanisms through which this program delivers its benefits have not been established. METHOD: This study investigates the differential impact of the MMB program paired with usual depression care (UDC) compared to UDC alone...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology May 2023 Oren Herscu, Eli Somer, Asaf Federman et al.
Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is a compulsive form of daydreaming that causes distress and functional impairment. We present the first treatment trial for MD. We tested the effectiveness of an eight-session internet-based self-help training for mindfulness and self-monitoring and compared three groups across three measurement points in time. A sample of 557 people was randomly assigned. A total...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April 2023 Marc J. Weintraub, Danielle Denenny, Megan Ichinose et al.
There is substantial evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) improve symptoms and functioning in adults with mood and psychotic disorders. There has been little work directly comparing these treatments among adolescents with early-onset mood or psychosis symptoms. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing remotely administered...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology December 2022 Nina K. Vollbehr, H J Rogier Hoenders, Agna A. Bartels‐Velthuis et al.
To examine the added value of a 9-week mindful yoga intervention (MYI) as add-on to treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing depression for young women (18-34 years) with major depressive disorder (MDD). Randomized controlled trial (RCT; n = 171) comparing TAU + MYI with TAU-only. Assessments were at baseline, postintervention, and at 6- and 12-month follow-up. Primary outcome measures were...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology February 1, 2022 Michael Moore, Mark A. Lau, Emily A. P. Haigh et al. 33 citations
OBJECTIVE: "Decentering" is defined as the ability to observe one's thoughts and feelings as temporary, objective events in the mind (Safran & Segal, 1990), and is increasingly regarded as a candidate mechanism in mindfulness-based interventions. The present study sought to examine the role of decentering, and other related variables, in the efficacy of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology July 2021 Lori A Brotto, Bozena Zdaniuk, Meredith L Chivers et al.
Objective: Sexual interest/arousal disorder (SIAD) is the most prevalent sexual dysfunction in women. Our goal was to compare (a) group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus sex education with (b) group supportive sex education and therapy (STEP) for women with SIAD. Method: Eight-session treatments were delivered weekly and participants completed the measures of sexual desire and...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 24, 2021
To be mindful of the breath or pain: Comparing two brief preoperative mindfulness techniques for total joint arthroplasty patients.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology February 7, 2020 Julia Henrich, Bergljot Gjelsvik, Christina Surawy et al.
OBJECTIVE Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder of brain-gut interaction. Previous studies suggest that mindfulness could be therapeutic for IBS patients, however no study has evaluated the effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy adapted for patients with IBS (MBCT-IBS). A 6-week MBCT-IBS course was designed to reduce symptoms and increase quality of life. This study aimed...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology October 1, 2019 Eric L Garland, Adam W. Hanley, Michael R. Riquino et al.
Objective: Despite the heightened urgency of the current prescription opioid crisis, few psychotherapies have been evaluated for chronic pain patients receiving long-term opioid analgesics. Current psychological pain treatments focus primarily on ameliorating negative affective processes, yet basic science suggests that risk for opioid misuse is linked with a dearth of positive affect....
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology February 1, 2019 Z. Segal, A. Anderson, Tahira Gulamani et al.
Background: To investigate whether usage of treatment-acquired regulatory skills is associated with prevention of depressive relapse/recurrence. Method: Remitted depressed outpatients entered a 24-month clinical follow up after either 8 weekly group sessions of cognitive therapy (CT; N = 84) or mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT; N = 82). The primary outcome was symptom return meeting...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 25, 2018 Maya C. Schumer, Emily K. Lindsay, J. David Creswell 321 citations
OBJECTIVE: Over the last 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase in published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of brief mindfulness training (from single-session inductions to multisession interventions lasting up to 2 weeks), with some preliminary indications that these training programs may improve mental health outcomes, such as negative affectivity. This meta-analysis aimed to...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology February 2018 Norman A. S. Farb, Adam K. Anderson, Arun Ravindran et al.
Both Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) enhance self-management of prodromal symptoms associated with depressive relapse, albeit through divergent therapeutic procedures. We evaluated rates of relapse in remitted depressed patients receiving MBCT and CT. Decentering and dysfunctional attitudes were assessed as treatment-specific process markers. Participants...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology November 1, 2017 Corey Roos, Sarah Bowen, Katie Witkiewitz
Objective: Few studies have evaluated moderators of mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) for substance use disorders (SUDs). We tested whether baseline patterns of scores for SUD symptom severity and depression and anxiety symptoms moderated the efficacy of MBRP. Method: We used a latent class moderation approach with data from a randomized trial of MBRP compared to cognitive–behavioral...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology June 26, 2017 C. Spears, Donald Hedeker, Liang Li et al.
Objective: To examine cognitive and affective mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and usual care (UC) for smoking cessation. Method: Participants in the parent study from which data were drawn (N = 412; 54.9% female; 48.2% African American, 41.5% non-Latino White, 5.4% Latino, 4.9% other; 57.6% annual income <$30,000) were...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April 2017 Chloe C Boyle, Annette L Stanton, Patricia A Ganz et al.
Mindfulness meditation reduces psychological distress among individuals with cancer. However, mechanisms for intervention effects have not been fully determined. This study tested emotion regulation strategies as mediators of intervention effects in a sample of younger women treated for breast cancer, a group at risk for psychological distress. We focused on two distinct strategies targeted by...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology February 2017 Adi Shoham, Pavel Goldstein, Ravit Oren et al.
Through intensive experience sampling, we studied the practice and development of mindfulness as a dynamic process in time and context. We focused on role(s) and salutary function(s) of mindfulness and decentering for emotional experience over the course of mindfulness practice and development. Eighty-two meditation-naive adults from the general community, 52% women, Mage (SD) = 25.05 (3.26)...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology September 1, 2016 Jennifer Irvin Vidrine, Claire Adams Spears, Whitney L Heppner et al.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Addiction Treatment (MBAT) to a Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) that matched MBAT on treatment contact time, and a Usual Care (UC) condition that comprised brief individual counseling. Method: Participants (N = 412) were 48.2% African American, 41.5% non-Latino White, 5.4% Latino, and 4.9% other, and 57.6% reported a total annual...