Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study
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Sparacio, Alessandro, Ijzerman, Hans, Ropovik, Ivan, Giorgini, Filippo, Spiessens, Christoph, Uchino, Bert N., Landvatter, Joshua, Tacana, Tracey, Diller, Sandra J., Derrick, Jaye L., Segundo, Joahana, Pierce, Jace D., Ross, Robert M., Francis, Zoë, LaBoucane, Amanda, Ma-Kellams, Christine, Ford, Maire B., Schmidt, Kathleen, Wong, Celia C., ..., Jiga-Boy, Gabriela M.. 2024. "Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study." Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01907-7
| Article Title | Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study |
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| ERA Journal ID | 213758 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Sparacio, Alessandro, Ijzerman, Hans, Ropovik, Ivan, Giorgini, Filippo, Spiessens, Christoph, Uchino, Bert N., Landvatter, Joshua, Tacana, Tracey, Diller, Sandra J., Derrick, Jaye L., Segundo, Joahana, Pierce, Jace D., Ross, Robert M., Francis, Zoë, LaBoucane, Amanda, Ma-Kellams, Christine, Ford, Maire B., Schmidt, Kathleen, Wong, Celia C., Higgins, Wendy C., Stone, Bryant M., Stanley, Samantha K., Ribeiro, Gianni, Fuglestad, Paul T., Jaklin, Valerie, Kübler, Andrea, Ziebell, Philipp, Jewell, Crystal L., Kovas, Yulia, Allahghadri, Mahnoosh, Fransham, Charlotte, Baranski, Michael F., Burgess, Hannah, Benz, Annika B. E., DeSousa, Maysa, Nylin, Catherine E., Brooks, Janae C., Goldsmith, Caitlyn M., Benson, Jessica M., Griffin, Siobhán M., Dunne, Stephen, Davis, William E., Watermeyer, Tam J., Meese, William B., Howell, Jennifer L., Reyes, Laurel Standiford, Strickland, Megan G., Dickerson, Sally S., Pescatore, Samantha, Skakoon-Sparling, Shayna, Wunder, Zachary I., Day, Martin V., Brenton, Shawna, Linden, Audrey H., Hawk, Christopher E., O’Brien, Léan V., Urgyen, Tenzin, McDonald, Jennifer S., van der Schans, Kim Lien, Blocker, Heidi, Tseung-Wong, Caroline Ng and Jiga-Boy, Gabriela M. |
| Journal Title | Nature Human Behaviour |
| Number of Pages | 14 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 2397-3374 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01907-7 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01907-7 |
| Abstract | Mindfulness witnessed a substantial popularity surge in the past decade, especially as digitally self-administered interventions became available at relatively low costs. Yet, it is uncertain whether they effectively help reduce stress. In a preregistered (OSF https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UF4JZ; retrospective registration at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06308744) multi-site study (nsites = 37, nparticipants = 2,239, 70.4% women, Mage = 22.4, s.d.age = 10.1, all fluent English speakers), we experimentally tested whether four single, standalone mindfulness exercises effectively reduced stress, using Bayesian mixed-effects models. All exercises proved to be more efficacious than the active control. We observed a mean difference of 0.27 (d = −0.56; 95% confidence interval, −0.43 to −0.69) between the control condition (M = 1.95, s.d. = 0.50) and the condition with the largest stress reduction (body scan: M = 1.68, s.d. = 0.46). Our findings suggest that mindfulness may be beneficial for reducing self-reported short-term stress for English speakers from higher-income countries. |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520505. Social psychology |
| 520304. Health psychology | |
| Byline Affiliations | Swansea University, United Kingdom |
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