Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2017
Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) versus Supportive Expressive Group Therapy (SET) for distressed breast cancer survivors: evaluating mindfulness and social support as mediators.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of different mind-body exercises on quality of life and cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions for psychological and physical health outcomes in cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Psycho-oncology · 2019Pooled it
- Distress Management, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2019Guideline
- Effects of a 4Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024Trial
- Effect of a 4-Week Internet-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery Intervention on the Symptom Burden and Quality of Life of Patients With Breast Cancer: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Development of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for Hematologic Malignancy Patients: A Delphi Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Delivering a Group-Based Quality of Life Intervention to Young Adult Cancer Survivors via a Web Platform: Feasibility Trial.JMIR cancer · 2024Article
- Effects of psychological intervention on negative emotions and psychological resilience in breast cancer patients after radical mastectomy.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
- The relationship between mindfulness and suboptimal health status: a chain/serial mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic Review.Psychology of consciousness (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Article
- "I Use the Meditation to Calm Myself Instead of Reaching for a Cigarette:" Qualitative Study of Mindfulness-Based Addiction Treatment Among Diverse Adults.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Mindfulness for the self-management of negative coping, rumination and fears of compassion in people with cancer: An exploratory study.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Social relationships and their associations with affective symptoms of women with breast cancer: A scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- The chain mediating role of social support and stigma in the relationship between mindfulness and psychological distress among Chinese lung cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Stress reduction strategies in breast cancer: review of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic based strategies.Seminars in immunopathology · 2020Review
- Enhancing Social Support Among People with Cardiovascular Disease: a Systematic Scoping Review.Current cardiology reports · 2019Article
- Review
- Smartphone-Based Meditation for Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Patients: Feasibility Study to Inform Future Trials.JMIR formative research · 2019Article
- Development and calibration of a novel positive mindset item bank to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Singapore.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
Despite growing evidence in support of mindfulness as an underlying mechanism of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), it has been suggested that nonspecific therapeutic factors, such as the experience of social support, may contribute to the positive effects of MBIs. In the present study, we examined whether change in mindfulness and/or social support mediated the effect of Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) compared to another active intervention (i.e. Supportive Expressive Group Therapy (SET)), on change in mood disturbance, stress symptoms and quality of life. A secondary analysis was conducted of a multi-site randomized clinical trial investigating the impacts of MBCR and SET on distressed breast cancer survivors (MINDSET). We applied the causal steps approach with bootstrapping to test mediation, using pre- and post-intervention questionnaire data of the participants who were randomised to MBCR (n = 69) or SET (n = 70). MBCR participants improved significantly more on mood disturbance, stress symptoms and social support, but not on quality of life or mindfulness, compared to SET participants. Increased social support partially mediated the impact of MBCR versus SET on mood disturbance and stress symptoms. Because no group differences on mindfulness and quality of life were observed, no mediation analyses were performed on these variables. Findings showed that increased social support was related to more improvement in mood and stress after MBCR compared to support groups, whereas changes in mindfulness were not. This suggests a more important role for social support in enhancing outcomes in MBCR than previously thought.
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