Trial reportAddictive behaviors2013
Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance craving.
Trial report in Addictive behaviors, 2013. 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 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 128 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Regulation of Craving: Brief Neurocognitive Training and Neural Mechanisms
Neurocognitive and Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Change Following Psychological
Who cites it
128 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 328 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mindfulness-based interventions for gambling disorder: A systematic review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Pooled it
- Do mindfulness-based interventions change brain function in people with substance dependence? A systematic review of the fMRI evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Drug Cues and Craving With Drug Use and Relapse: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Substance and Food Craving: What Effect Do Modulators Have?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Acceptability of mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorder: A systematic review.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2019Pooled it
- Food cue reactivity and craving predict eating and weight gain: a meta-analytic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2016Pooled it
- Longitudinal craving profiles in cannabis use disorder: A latent class growth analysis of the achieving cannabis cessation: Evaluating N-Acetylcysteine Treatment (ACCENT) (CTN-0053) trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Trial
- Effects of a mobile mindfulness smartphone app on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and alcohol use problems for veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Comparing the Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Versus Relapse Prevention for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Control Trial.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Trial
- Brief Online Negative Affect Focused Functional Imagery Training Improves 2-Week Drinking Outcomes in Hazardous Student Drinkers: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- Acting with awareness moderates the association between lifetime exposure to interpersonal traumatic events and craving via trauma symptoms: a moderated indirect effects model.BMC psychiatry · 2022Trial
- Effects of arousal modulation via resonance breathing on craving and affect in women with substance use disorder.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- Parallel modeling of pain and depression in prediction of relapse during buprenorphine and naloxone treatment: A finite mixture model.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Ultra-brief breath counting (mindfulness) training promotes recovery from stress-induced alcohol-seeking in student drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2020Trial
- Acute Effect of Eating Sweets on Alcohol Cravings in a Sample with At-Risk Drinking.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Trial
- Moment-by-Moment in Women's Recovery (MMWR): Mindfulness-based intervention effects on residential substance use disorder treatment retention in a randomized controlled trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2019Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a positive affect intervention for methamphetamine users.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
- Effects of Initiating Abstinence from Alcohol on Daily Craving and Negative Affect: Results from a Pharmacotherapy Clinical Trial.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Ultra-Brief Mindfulness Training Reduces Alcohol Consumption in At-Risk Drinkers: A Randomized Double-Blind Active-Controlled Experiment.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2017Trial
68 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Craving, defined as the subjective experience of an urge or desire to use substances, has been identified in clinical, laboratory, and preclinical studies as a significant predictor of substance use, substance use disorder, and relapse following treatment for a substance use disorder. Various models of craving have been proposed from biological, cognitive, and/or affective perspectives, and, collectively, these models of craving have informed the research and treatment of addictive behaviors. In this article we discuss craving from a mindfulness perspective, and specifically how mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) may be effective in reducing substance craving. We present secondary analyses of data from a randomized controlled trial that examined MBRP as an aftercare treatment for substance use disorders. In the primary analyses of the data from this trial, Bowen and colleagues (2009) found that individuals who received MBRP reported significantly lower levels of craving following treatment, in comparison to a treatment-as-usual control group, which mediated subsequent substance use outcomes. In the current study, we extend these findings to examine potential mechanisms by which MBRP might be associated with lower levels of craving. Results indicated that a latent factor representing scores on measures of acceptance, awareness, and nonjudgment significantly mediated the relation between receiving MBRP and self-reported levels of craving immediately following treatment. The mediation findings are consistent with the goals of MBRP and highlight the importance of interventions that increase acceptance and awareness, and help clients foster a nonjudgmental attitude toward their experience. Attending to these processes may target both the experience of and response to craving.
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