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  1. A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Clinical Trial: The Effect of a Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction Program on Mood and Symptoms of Stress in Cancer Outpatients

    Michael Speca, Linda E. Carlson, Eileen Goodey, et al. · 2000 · Psychosomatic Medicine · 1,082 citations

    OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of participation in a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood disturbance and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients. METHODS: A randomized, wait-list controlled design was used. A convenience sample of eligible cancer patients enrolled after giving informed consent and were randomly assigned to either an immediate treatment condition or a wait-list control condition. Patients completed the Profile of Mood States and the Symptoms of Stress Inventory both before and after the intervention. The intervention consisted of a weekly meditation group lasting 1.5 hours for 7 weeks plus home meditation practice.

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  2. Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Meditation for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Elizabeth A. Hoge, Éric Bui, Luana M. Marques, et al. · 2013 · The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry · 510 citations

    Article Abstract Objective: Mindfulness meditation has met increasing interest as a therapeutic strategy for anxiety disorders, but prior studies have been limited by methodological concerns, including a lack of an active comparison group. This is the first randomized, controlled trial comparing the manualized Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program with an active control for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a disorder characterized by chronic worry and physiologic hyperarousal symptoms. Method: Ninety-three individuals with DSM-IV-diagnosed GAD were randomly assigned to an 8-week group intervention with MBSR or to an attention control, Stress Management Education (SME), between

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  4. Mindfulness Meditation and Psychopathology

    Joseph Wielgosz, Simon Benjamin Goldberg, Tammi R. A. Kral, et al. · 2018 · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · 434 citations

    Mindfulness meditation is increasingly incorporated into mental health interventions, and theoretical concepts associated with it have influenced basic research on psychopathology. Here, we review the current understanding of mindfulness meditation through the lens of clinical neuroscience, outlining the core capacities targeted by mindfulness meditation and mapping them onto cognitive and affective constructs of the Research Domain Criteria matrix proposed by the National Institute of Mental Health. We review efficacious applications of mindfulness meditation to specific domains of psychopathology including depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and substance abuse, as well as emerging efforts

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  6. Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation-related anxiety relief

    Fadel Z. Zeidan, Katherine T. Martucci, Robert Kraft, et al. · 2013 · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · 196 citations

    Anxiety is the cognitive state related to the inability to control emotional responses to perceived threats. Anxiety is inversely related to brain activity associated with the cognitive regulation of emotions. Mindfulness meditation has been found to regulate anxiety. However, the brain mechanisms involved in meditation-related anxiety relief are largely unknown. We employed pulsed arterial spin labeling MRI to compare the effects of distraction in the form of attending to the breath (ATB; before meditation training) to mindfulness meditation (after meditation training) on state anxiety across the same subjects. Fifteen healthy subjects, with no prior meditation experience, participated in 4

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  9. Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Peter la Cour, Marian Petersen · 2014 · Pain Medicine · 164 citations

    OBJECTIVE: This randomized controlled clinical trial investigated the effects of mindfulness meditation on chronic pain. DESIGN: A total of 109 patients with nonspecific chronic pain were randomized to either a standardized mindfulness meditation program (mindfulness-based stress reduction [MBSR]) or to a wait list control. METHODS: Pain, physical function, mental function, pain acceptance, and health-related quality of life were measured. The SF36 vitality scale was chosen as the primary outcome measure; the primary end point was after completing the MBSR course. Within a 2.5-year period, 43 of the 109 randomized patients completed the mindfulness program, while 47 remained in the control g

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  11. Stress and Anxiety Management in Nursing Students: Biofeedback and Mindfulness Meditation

    Paul Ratanasiripong, Janet F. Park, Nop Thodsama Ratanasiripong, et al. · 2015 · Journal of Nursing Education · 156 citations

    BACKGROUND: The current study investigated the efficacy of two brief intervention programs-biofeedback and mindfulness meditation-on levels of state anxiety and perceived stress in second-year Thai nursing students as they began clinical training. METHOD: Eighty-nine participants from a public nursing college in Thailand were randomly assigned to one of three groups: biofeedback group, mindfulness meditation group, or a control group. All participants were given pre- and postintervention surveys, which included demographic information; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (State Anxiety Scale); and the Perceived Stress Scale. RESULTS: Findings indicated that biofeedback significantly reduced an

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  14. Mindfulness meditation and foreign language classroom anxiety: Findings from a randomized control trial

    William Justin Morgan, Jonah Katz · 2021 · Foreign Language Annals · 36 citations

    Many scholars have argued that mindfulness meditation (MM) can be beneficial in academic contexts. Recently, researchers in second language acquisition have found that higher trait mindfulness scores indicate lower foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA). The present study investigates if mindfulness scores can be increased, if FLCA decreases as a result of a mindfulness intervention, and what opinions language learners have toward MM as a way of alleviating FLCA. Data were collected in a postsecondary learning environment where experimental group participants ( n = 76) and control group participants ( n = 66) were compared. As a result, mindfulness scores were negatively correlated with F

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  15. Aromatherapy with two essential oils from Satureja genre and mindfulness meditation to reduce anxiety in humans

    Marilú Roxana Soto Vásquez, Paúl Alan Arkin Alvarado-García · 2016 · Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine · 34 citations

    and mindfulness meditation can reduce anxiety levels in humans. A randomized experimental trial was carried out with 108 participants who were divided into 6 groups, comprising a waiting list control group and five experimental groups. Aromatherapy was carried out by inhalation of essential oils while mindfulness intervention program was focused on "flow meditation". The anxiety index was evaluated by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Measures were taken two times: pretest and posttest. State and Trait anxiety scores showed a decrease in posttest study phase in comparison with pretest in all experimental groups (p < 0.005), especially in those where aromatherapy and mindfulness meditatio

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  18. Sitting Meditation (Mindfulness) and Music Meditation Effects on Overall Anxiety and Test Anxiety in a College Student Population

    John E. Lothes II, Sara Matney, Zayne Naseer · 2022 · Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal · 4 citations

    Background: Research shows that mindfulness interventions for test anxiety in a college student population are beneficial (Lothes, Mochrie, Wilson, & Hakan, 2021). This study expands on the existing literature by examining how distance learning mindfulness practices may affect anxiety in college students. Aim: This study assessed the effects of online mindfulness practices over a five-week period on test anxiety in college students. Method: Participants included 31 college students that were randomly assigned to either a sitting meditation or music meditation condition. The two groups were also split in half to add a wait list control condition. A weekly schedule of mindfulness practices was

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  19. Mobile Mindfulness Meditation for Cancer-Related Anxiety and Neuropathy: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ariel Siritorn Orasud, Mai Uchiyama, Ian Pagano, et al. · 2024 · JMIR Research Protocols · 4 citations

    Background: Anxiety- and cancer-related neuropathy are two persistent effects related to treatment for cancer. Mindfulness meditation has been used with substantial impact as a nonpharmacologic intervention to mitigate side and late effects of treatment. Mobile apps are ubiquitous for most of the general population, yet have a particular relevance for cancer survivors, given that physical and geographic limitations can be present. Objective: This study aims to describe an ongoing trial of the Mindfulness Coach mobile app for cancer survivors. Methods: In this randomized waitlist controlled trial, cancer survivors experiencing anxiety- or cancer-related neuropathy (200 for neuropathy and 200

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  20. Randomized controlled trial for stress and anxiety management: biofeedback and mindfulness meditation

    Janet Park · ProQuest Demo Repository · 2 citations

    The present study investigated the efficacy of two brief intervention programs, biofeedback and mindfulness meditation, on levels of state anxiety and perceived stress in Thai nursing students beginning clinical training. Eighty-nine participants from a public nursing college in Thailand were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups, biofeedback group or mindfulness meditation group, or a control group. All participants were given pre- and post-intervention surveys including demographic information, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (State Anxiety Scale), and Perceived Stress Scale. Results indicated that biofeedback significantly reduced anxiety and maintained stress levels in nu

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  22. Brief Mindfulness Meditation Based Stress Reduction Programme in Controlling Examination Anxiety of Secondary School Students

    Arjunan, N. K, Joxy Joseph · 2016 · International Journal of Indian Psychology · 2 citations

    The relationship between anxiety and impaired academic performance has been well documented by a number of investigators (Tyron, 1980; Hill & Wigfield, 1984; Topp, 1989; Sud & Sharma, 1990; Zeidner, 1990; Zoller & Ben-chain, 1990). Everyone should feel somewhat anxious before they begin to take a test. Anxiety becomes a problem when it begins to interfere with a student’s ability to think logically or remember facts. Examination anxiety (test-anxiety) is a common and frequently debilitating condition characterized by intense fear of evaluation in performance situations (Jefferys, 1997). It has an early onset (Otto et al., 2001) and regularly precedes other anxiety, mood, and substance depend

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