Linguistic analysis to assess the effect of a mindfulness intervention on self-change for adults in substance use recovery.

Study at a glance

Characteristics	Observational cohort Peer reviewed
Population	Adults in substance use recovery
Intervention	Mindfulness intervention
Topics	Meditation
Key findings	Linguistic analysis suggests that a mindfulness intervention may facilitate self-change in adults recovering from substance use, as reflected in shifts in language use. The authors propose that such analysis can assess psychological transformation in this population.

Other observational and cohort studies on meditation, most cited first.

Study	Year	Design	Participants
Using Self-Report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness Undergraduate students	2006	Observational cohort
Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders Patients with generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia	1992	Observational cohort	n = 22
Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness Participants with extensive Insight meditation experience and matched controls	2005	Observational cohort	n = 20
Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity Experienced meditators and matched meditation-naive controls	2011	Observational cohort
Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice Long-term Buddhist practitioners and controls	2004	Observational cohort