Trial reportJournal of counseling psychology2014
The secret ingredient in mindfulness interventions? A case for practice quality over quantity.
Trial report in Journal of counseling psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Meditation, mindfulness, and acceptance methods in psychotherapy: A systematic review.Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Stress Reduction in Family Carers of People Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of brief mindfulness meditation on compassion and personal distress using the socio-affective video task.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Does it matter how meditation feels? An experience sampling study.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2024Trial
- Mindfulness-based real-time fMRI neurofeedback: a randomized controlled trial to optimize dosing for depressed adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Does the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire measure what we think it does? Construct validity evidence from an active controlled randomized clinical trial.Psychological assessment · 2016Trial
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- Mindfulness practice time and quality in veterans with chronic pain.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Enhanced cardiac vagal activity and mood after low-dose hypoxic gas inhalation in healthy young adults.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2025Article
- Neurofeedback Training Facilitates Awareness and Enhances Emotional Well-being Associated with Real-World Meditation Practice: A 7-T MRI Study.Mindfulness · 2025Article
- Psychometric assessment of a Chinese version of a mindfulness practice quality measurement tool.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- High-precision neurofeedback-guided meditation training optimises real-world self-guided meditation practice for well-being.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Longitudinal increases in mindfulness practice quality are associated with changes in psychological outcomes and not vice versa - a brief report.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2024Article
- A common factors perspective on mindfulness-based interventions.Nature reviews psychology · 2022Article
- Pilot Testing in the Wild: Feasibility, Acceptability, Usage Patterns, and Efficacy of an Integrated Web and Smartphone Platform for Bipolar II Disorder.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Emotion Regulation, Stress, and Well-Being in Academic Education: Analyzing the Effect of Mindfulness-Based Intervention.Trends in psychology · 2022Article
- Effects of Mobile App-Based Mindfulness Practice on Healthcare Workers: a Randomized Active Controlled Trial.Mindfulness · 2022Article
- The mobile assistance for regulating smoking (MARS) micro-randomized trial design protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of mindful recovery opioid use care continuum (M-ROCC): A concurrent mixed methods study.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
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Abstract
As mindfulness-based interventions become increasingly widespread, interest has grown in better understanding which features of these treatments produce beneficial effects. The present study examined the relative contribution of mindfulness practice time and practice quality in predicting psychological functioning (negative affect, emotion regulation, quality of life, mindfulness). Data were drawn from a randomized clinical trial of mindfulness training for smokers and assessed outcomes at posttreatment (n = 43) and 5-month follow-up (n = 38). The intervention included instruction in mindfulness techniques targeted to smoking cessation and relapse prevention and was composed of 10 group meetings over 8 weeks. Data from 8 treatment groups were used. Mindfulness practice quality was measured weekly over the course of treatment, and multilevel modeling was used to estimate trajectories of change in practice quality. The measure of practice quality was shown to be valid and reliable, with change in practice quality predicting change in psychological functioning at both posttreatment (β = .31, 95% CI = [0.04, 0.56], p = .022) and follow-up (β = .45 [0.16, 0.73], p = .002), even when controlling for practice time. Practice time predicted outcomes at posttreatment (β = .31 [0.05, 0.57], p = .019) but not at follow-up (β = .16 [-0.14, 0.47], p = .293). Neither practice time nor change in practice quality predicted smoking abstinence at 1 month or 6 months postquit. Results support the importance of practice quality as a relevant aspect of mindfulness interventions.
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