ReviewThe American psychologist2015
Prospects for a clinical science of mindfulness-based intervention.
Review in The American psychologist, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 107 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Primary Care Patients With Mild to Moderate Symptoms of Depression or Anxiety.
Acceptability and Feasibility of an 8-week In-person Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Program in a University Population: a Quasi-experimental Pilot Study
Who cites it
107 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 296 citations in OpenAlex.
- Which therapy works best for maternal depressive symptoms? A network meta-analysis of psychotherapeutic interventions.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Pooled it
- The Empirical Status of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of 44 Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2022Pooled it
- Mindfulness-Based Programs for Patients With Cancer via eHealth and Mobile Health: Systematic Review and Synthesis of Quantitative Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Mindfulness and Meditative Movement Interventions for Men Living With Cancer: A Meta-analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions and cognitive function among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.BMC cancer · 2018Pooled it
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- The Effects of Mindfulness and Meditation on Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis.Psychosomatic medicinePooled it
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- Mediators of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Younger Breast Cancer Survivors: Effects on Depressive Symptoms.Psychosomatic medicine · 2024Trial
- The effect of ten versus twenty minutes of mindfulness meditation on state mindfulness and affect.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stress Reduction and Psychological Wellbeing of University Students in Pakistan: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
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- Effects of prenatal mindfulness-based childbirth education on child-bearers' trajectories of distress: a randomized control trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Trial
- A pilot randomised trial comparing a mindfulness-based stress reduction course, a locally-developed stress reduction intervention and a waiting list control group in a real-life municipal health care setting.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Mindfulness and progressive muscle relaxation as standardized session-introduction in individual therapy: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of clinical psychology · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for patients with chronic, treatment-resistant depression: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Depression and anxiety · 2018Trial
- Dismantling Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Creation and validation of 8-week focused attention and open monitoring interventions within a 3-armed randomized controlled trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2018Trial
- Scaling Mindfulness for Youth Well-Being: A District-Community Partnership Model.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- The implementation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are at a pivotal point in their future development. Spurred on by an ever-increasing number of studies and breadth of clinical application, the value of such approaches may appear self-evident. We contend, however, that the public health impact of MBIs can be enhanced significantly by situating this work in a broader framework of clinical psychological science. Utilizing the National Institutes of Health stage model (Onken, Carroll, Shoham, Cuthbert, & Riddle, 2014), we map the evidence base for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction as exemplars of MBIs. From this perspective, we suggest that important gaps in the current evidence base become apparent and, furthermore, that generating more of the same types of studies without addressing such gaps will limit the relevance and reach of these interventions. We offer a set of 7 recommendations that promote an integrated approach to core research questions, enhanced methodological quality of individual studies, and increased logical links among stages of clinical translation in order to increase the potential of MBIs to impact positively the mental health needs of individuals and communities.
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