Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2012
Spiritual wellbeing mediates PTSD change in veterans with military-related PTSD.
Trial report in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT00120627 (Efficacy of Mantram Repetition on PTSD Symptoms in Veterans), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Mantram Repetition on PTSD Symptoms in Veterans
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Meditation Techniques in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Mind-Body Exercises for PTSD Symptoms, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients With PTSD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Personal wellbeing in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): association with PTSD symptoms during and following treatment.BMC psychology · 2018Trial
- Do race/ethnicity and religious affiliation moderate treatment outcomes among individuals with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders?Journal of prevention & intervention in the communityTrial
- Group-Based Interventions for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Role of Trauma Type.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Moral injury prevention and intervention.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Review
- Spirituality, Trait Gratitude, and Post-Traumatic Growth in Iranian Veterans with PTSD: The Mediating Role of Ego Resilience.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in Diagnostic Remission of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Proportions and Correlates of Remission in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Article
- An Exploration of Spiritual Well-being Among Homeless People: A Hierarchical Regression Analysis.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Mantram Repetition as a Portable Mindfulness Practice: Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Mindfulness · 2022Article
- Preliminary Report on a Spiritually-Based PTSD Intervention for Military Veterans.Community mental health journal · 2019Article
- Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science.PloS one · 2018Article
- Positive and Negative Religious/Spiritual Coping and Combat Exposure as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Perceived Growth in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.Psychology of religion and spirituality · 2017Article
- Meditation and Yoga can Modulate Brain Mechanisms that affect Behavior and Anxiety-A Modern Scientific Perspective.Ancient science · 2015Article
- Mind-body practices for posttraumatic stress disorder.Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research · 2013Review
- Influence of spirituality on depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidality in active duty military personnel.Depression research and treatment · 2012Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundA portable practice of repeating a mantram-a sacred word or phrase-has been shown to reduce the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in veterans with military trauma. It is thought that the intervention re-directs attention and initiates relaxation to decrease symptom severity, but there may be other mechanisms that may contribute to this improvement. PURPOSE: We tested the hypothesis that increases in existential spiritual wellbeing (ESWB) would mediate reductions in self-reported PTSD symptoms following a group mantram intervention.
methodVeterans diagnosed with PTSD from war-related trauma completed 6 weeks of case management plus a group mantram intervention (n = 66) as part of a randomized trial. Measures included PTSD Checklist (PCL) and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Wellbeing. Path analysis was conducted on those who completed treatment to assess ESWB as a possible mediator of change in PCL from baseline to post-treatment.
resultsA significant indirect effect, -2.24, 95% CI (-4.17, -1.05) of the mantram intervention on PCL change was found. The path from the mantram intervention to ESWB change was significant and positive (B = 4.89, p < 0.0001), and the path from ESWB change to PCL change was significant and negative (B = -0.46, p = 0.001), thus supporting the hypothesis.
conclusionsFindings suggest that one contributing mechanism that partially explains how the mantram intervention reduces PTSD symptom severity in veterans may be by increasing levels of ESWB.
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