Intensive mindfulness training-related changes in cognitive and emotional experience
Kevin M. Orzech, Shauna L. Shapiro, Kirk Warren Brown, Matthew P. McKay
The Journal of Positive Psychology May 1, 2009 DOI: 10.1080/17439760902819394 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental and longitudinal Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 69 |
| Population | Community adults |
| Intervention | Intensive mindfulness training |
| Dose | 10–12 hours of formal mindfulness practice per day for 1 month |
| Duration | 1-month intervention, 1-month follow-up |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Keywords | Operationalization Clinical psychology Psychological resilience Experiential learning Cognitive reappraisal Compassion Psychotherapist Trait Cognition |
| Citations | 128 |
| Key findings | Intensive mindfulness training was associated with increases in trait mindfulness, decentering, and acceptance, and with declines in anxiety and improvements in well-being and self-compassion. |
Abstract
This study examined the role of intensive mindfulness training on changes in day-to-day experiential processing, psychological symptoms, resilience, and well-being in two groups of community adults (N = 69). Using both quasi-experimental and longitudinal methods, the study found that intensive training, operationalized as 10–12 hours of formal mindfulness practice per day for 1 month, was significantly related to increases in training-specific experiential processing capacities, namely trait mindfulness and decentering (reperceiving), in comparison to pre–post-training wait-list controls. In both training groups combined, mindfulness, decentering, and acceptance increased over the pre-training to 1-month follow-up period. Intensive mindfulness training was also related to declines in anxiety and enhanced both subjective well-being and self-compassion from pre-training to follow-up in the two training groups. Finally, increases in trait mindfulness and acceptance were related to improvements in psychological symptoms, well-being, and resilience. Future directions for this novel area of mindfulness research are discussed.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |
Citations in the library
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- Mindfulness training alters emotional memory recall compared to active controls: support for an emotional information processing model of mindfulness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2012
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Cites 13
- The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003
- Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice 2003
- Mechanisms of mindfulness Journal of Clinical Psychology December 29, 2005
- Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects Psychological Inquiry October 19, 2007
- Assessment of Mindfulness by Self-Report Assessment September 1, 2004
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