A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Mindful Meditation: Focused on ACT and MBSR
Hee-hyun Cho, Ju-hee Lee
June 30, 2017 DOI: 10.17547/kjsr.2017.25.2.69 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Meta-analysis |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | ACT significantly reduced anxiety symptoms (Hedges' g = -0.596) and depressive symptoms (Hedges' g = -0.622), while MBSR significantly reduced depressive symptoms (Hedges' g = -0.784) but not anxiety symptoms (Hedges' g = -0.419). The authors also aimed to identify moderators of these effect sizes. |
Abstract
The study is performed to recognize overall effect size of interventions based on mindfulness and further find the moderator variables which affect the effect size. In order to achieve this goal, we have selected ACT and MBSR as intervention programs among many studies published in the national academic journals and performed meta-analysis of studies treating depressive and anxiety symptom as dependent variables. In case of anxiety symptom, it showed a significant difference in ACT (Hedges’g= − 0.596), however, it did not show any significant difference in MBSR (Hedges’g= − 0.419). In case of depressive symptom, both ACT (Hedges’g= − 0.622) and MBSR (Hedges’g= − 0.784) showed significant differences.
Comparable studies
Other systematic reviews and meta-analyses on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-being Diverse adult clinical populations | 2014 | Meta-analysis | n = 3,515 |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Stress Management in Healthy People: A Review and Meta-Analysis Healthy subjects | 2009 | Systematic review and meta-analysis | |
| The psychological effects of meditation: A meta-analysis. Nonclinical groups of adult meditators | 2012 | Meta-analysis | n = 163 |
| Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Prevention of Depressive Relapse Adults with recurrent depression in full or partial remission | 2016 | Meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomized controlled trials | n = 1,258 |
| Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials | 2011 | Systematic review |
Citations in the library
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