The contribution of mindfulness practice to a multicomponent behavioral sleep intervention following substance abuse treatment in adolescents: a treatment-development study.
Willoughby B. Britton, Richard R Bootzin, Jennifer C Cousins, Brant P Hasler, Tucker Peck, Shauna L. Shapiro
Substance Abuse April 2010 DOI: 10.1080/08897071003641297 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational analysis within a multicomponent intervention study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 18 |
| Population | Adolescent outpatients with substance use disorders |
| Interventions | Mindfulness-based sleep intervention Mindfulness meditation |
| Duration | 6-session intervention with assessments at baseline, 8, 20, and 60 weeks postentry |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Program participation was associated with improvements in sleep and emotional distress and reduced substance use. Mindfulness meditation practice frequency correlated with increased sleep duration and improved self-efficacy about substance use, and increased sleep duration was associated with improvements in psychological distress, relapse resistance, and substance use-related problems. |
Abstract
Poor sleep is common in substance use disorders (SUDs) and is a risk factor for relapse. Within the context of a multicomponent, mindfulness-based sleep intervention that included mindfulness meditation (MM) for adolescent outpatients with SUDs (n = 55), this analysis assessed the contributions of MM practice intensity to gains in sleep quality and self-efficacy related to SUDs. Eighteen adolescents completed a 6-session study intervention and questionnaires on psychological distress, sleep quality, mindfulness practice, and substance use at baseline, 8, 20, and 60 weeks postentry. Program participation was associated with improvements in sleep and emotional distress, and reduced substance use. MM practice frequency correlated with increased sleep duration and improvement in self-efficacy about substance use. Increased sleep duration was associated with improvements in psychological distress, relapse resistance, and substance use-related problems. These findings suggest that sleep is an important therapeutic target in substance abusing adolescents and that MM may be a useful component to promote improved sleep.
Comparable studies
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 |
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