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Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study
ALESSANDRO SPARACIO,
Hans IJzerman 
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Ivan Ropovik ,
Filippo Giorgini ,
Christoph Spiessens,
Bert N. Uchino,
Joshua Landvatter,
Tracey Tacana ,
Sandra J. Diller ,
Jaye L. Derrick ,
Joahana Segundo,
Jace D. Pierce,
Robert M. Ross ,
Zoë Francis ,
Amanda LaBoucane,
Christine Ma-Kellams,
Maire B. Ford,
Kathleen Schmidt ,
Celia C. Wong,
Wendy C. Higgins ,
Bryant M. Stone,
Samantha K. Stanley ,
Gianni Ribeiro ,
Paul T. Fuglestad ,
Valerie Jaklin,
Andrea Kübler,
Philipp Ziebell ,
Crystal L. Jewell ,
Yulia Kovas ,
Mahnoosh Allahghadri,
Charlotte Fransham,
Michael F. Baranski,
Hannah Burgess,
Annika B. E. Benz,
Maysa DeSousa,
Catherine E. Nylin ,
Janae C. Brooks,
Caitlyn M. Goldsmith,
Jessica M. Benson ,
Siobhán M. Griffin ,
Stephen Dunne ,
William E. Davis ,
Tam J. Watermeyer,
William B. Meese,
Jennifer L. Howell ,
Laurel Standiford Reyes ,
Megan G. Strickland,
Sally S. Dickerson,
Samantha Pescatore,
Shayna Skakoon-Sparling,
Zachary I. Wunder,
Martin V. Day ,
Shawna Brenton ,
Audrey H. Linden ,
Christopher E. Hawk ,
Léan V. O’Brien ,
Tenzin Urgyen,
Jennifer S. McDonald,
Kim Lien van der Schans,
Heidi Blocker,
Caroline Ng Tseung-Wong,
Gabriela Jiga-Boy
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Ivan Ropovik ,
Filippo Giorgini ,
Christoph Spiessens,
Bert N. Uchino,
Joshua Landvatter,
Tracey Tacana ,
Sandra J. Diller ,
Jaye L. Derrick ,
Joahana Segundo,
Jace D. Pierce,
Robert M. Ross ,
Zoë Francis ,
Amanda LaBoucane,
Christine Ma-Kellams,
Maire B. Ford,
Kathleen Schmidt ,
Celia C. Wong,
Wendy C. Higgins ,
Bryant M. Stone,
Samantha K. Stanley ,
Gianni Ribeiro ,
Paul T. Fuglestad ,
Valerie Jaklin,
Andrea Kübler,
Philipp Ziebell ,
Crystal L. Jewell ,
Yulia Kovas ,
Mahnoosh Allahghadri,
Charlotte Fransham,
Michael F. Baranski,
Hannah Burgess,
Annika B. E. Benz,
Maysa DeSousa,
Catherine E. Nylin ,
Janae C. Brooks,
Caitlyn M. Goldsmith,
Jessica M. Benson ,
Siobhán M. Griffin ,
Stephen Dunne ,
William E. Davis ,
Tam J. Watermeyer,
William B. Meese,
Jennifer L. Howell ,
Laurel Standiford Reyes ,
Megan G. Strickland,
Sally S. Dickerson,
Samantha Pescatore,
Shayna Skakoon-Sparling,
Zachary I. Wunder,
Martin V. Day ,
Shawna Brenton ,
Audrey H. Linden ,
Christopher E. Hawk ,
Léan V. O’Brien ,
Tenzin Urgyen,
Jennifer S. McDonald,
Kim Lien van der Schans,
Heidi Blocker,
Caroline Ng Tseung-Wong,
Gabriela Jiga-Boy
Nature Human Behaviour
Swansea University Authors:
ALESSANDRO SPARACIO, Gabriela Jiga-Boy
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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/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;...
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| ISSN: | 2397-3374 |
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2024
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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. |
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The preparation of this work was partly funded by Swansea University Strategic Partnerships Research Scholarships from School of Psychology, Swansea University awarded to G.J.-B., PRIMUS/24/SSH/017 and NPO ‘Systemic Risk Institute’ (LX22NPO5101) grants awarded to I.R. and NeuroCog ‘Project MIBODA’ from Université Grenoble Alpes awarded to H.I. R.M.R. was supported by the Australian Research Council (grant no. DP180102384) and the John Templeton Foundation (grant no. 62631). We also thank the SCREEN/MSH-Alpes platform for providing access to Qualtrics. The funders had no role in study conceptualization, design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. |