SynthesisDrug and alcohol dependence2014
A meta-analysis of the relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors.
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50 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.
- Only Small Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Biomarker Levels of Inflammation and Stress: A Preregistered Systematic Review and Two Three-Level Meta-Analyses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Biomarkers and Low-Grade Inflammation in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- The relationship between trait mindfulness and affective symptoms: A meta-analysis of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ).Clinical psychology review · 2019Pooled it
- 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
- Childhood Threat and Deprivation and Links to Mental Health Behaviors and Health Risk Behaviors Among Young Sexual Minority Men: The Differential Roles of Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Implement the Psychological Well-Being of Nursing Students: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A Systematic Review of Mindfulness Network Analysis Studies.Mindfulness · 2026Article
- Alcohol-related Consequences: Factor Structure and Associations With Trait Mindfulness and Drinking Motivations.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Perceived protective factors associated with cannabis use among HBCU undergraduates.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse · 2025Article
- Mindfulness Profiles and Substance Use Outcomes in University Students: The Role of Alcohol and Cannabis Use Motives.Mindfulness · 2025Article
- Interindividual differences in mindfulness are linked to sleep-electroencephalographic characteristics.Sleep · 2024Article
- Prevalence of substance use disorders and associations with mindfulness, impulsive personality traits and psychopathological symptoms in a representative sample of adolescents in Germany.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Heterosexist Discrimination and Substance Use in Young Adult Sexual Minority Men: Examining the Moderating Role of Mindfulness.Health equity · 2024Article
- Mindfulness and clinical correlates in methamphetamine use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Mindfulness as an early intervention for hazardous alcohol use among non-treatment seeking Latine emerging adults: A mini-review.Addictive behaviors · 2023Review
- Intuitive and mindful eating to improve physiological health parameters: a short narrative review of intervention studies.Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2023Review
- To be aware, or to accept, that is the question: Differential roles of awareness of automaticity and pain acceptance in opioid misuse.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Is Mindfulness Associated With Safer Cannabis Use? A Latent Profile Analysis of Dispositional Mindfulness Among College Students Who Use Cannabis.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- A Network Investigation of Core Mindfulness Processes.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- The role of mindfulness, meditation, and peer support in recovery capital among Recovery Dharma members.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors has been inconsistent across studies. The current meta-analysis aimed at quantifying the magnitude of this relationship, and at determining how this relationship varies in context of (1) mindfulness facets, (2) substance type, (3) sample characteristics, and (4) substance use severity.
methodsUsing electronic databases, the literature search yielded 303 articles, but only 39 articles met inclusion criteria to be included in this meta-analysis. The relationship was quantified as a Pearson's r correlation coefficient for all studies.
resultsFindings indicated a small, negative, and significant trait mindfulness-substance use behaviors relationship (r=-0.13). This relationship varied across substance type, clinical status of the sample, and substance use severity. Mindfulness facet was not a significant moderator; however, only particular facets (e.g., acting with awareness, non-judgment, and non-reactivity) were consistently associated with substance use behaviors.
conclusionsThis meta-analysis quantified the trait mindfulness-substance use behaviors relationship, which can be used as future effect size estimates. Findings also indicated that the trait mindfulness-substance use behaviors relationship was more robust: (1) for alcohol and tobacco use compared to marijuana use behaviors; (2) for problematic compared to non-problematic substance use behaviors; and (3) with inpatient compared to outpatient and non-clinical samples. Further work should continue to examine if acting with awareness, non-judgment, and non-reactivity mindfulness facets are more robustly associated with substance use behaviors. Failure to consider these factors, or collapsing across these factors, could explain the smaller or inconsistently reported associations across previous studies.
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