Trial reportStress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress2019
Perceived stress mediates the relationship between mindfulness and negative affect variability: A randomized controlled trial among middle-aged to older adults.
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- Psychological mechanisms of prenatal mindfulness training on antenatal blood pressure reduction: A pilot study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Trial
- Mental Health Distress Is Associated With Higher Pain Interference in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Stabilized on Buprenorphine or Methadone.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Trial
- Longitudinal associations between perceived stress and anhedonia during psychotherapy.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Trial
- Patterns of Respiration Rate Reactivity in Response to a Cognitive Stressor Associate With Self-Reported Mental Health Outcomes.Psychological reports · 2025Article
- A Latent Variable Approach to Affect Variability in Daily Life Accurately Predicts Psychopathology, Especially Depression Symptoms in a Non-Clinical Sample.Journal of emotion and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Supervision Effects on Negative Affect and Psychological Distress: Evidence from Social Workers in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Effects of Job Demands and Resources on Positive and Negative Affect of Delivery Drivers in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Effects of Mindfulness and Buddhist Meditation Coaching on Mental Health Outcomes in College Students.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Mindful Nonreactivity Moderates the Relationship between Chronic Stress and Pain Interference in Law Enforcement Officers.Journal of police and criminal psychology · 2021Article
- Job Demands and Resources, Positive and Negative Affect, and Psychological Distress of Social Workers in China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Mindfulness Is Associated With Lower Stress and Higher Work Engagement in a Large Sample of MOOC Participants.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Mindfulness-based Wellness and Resilience intervention among interdisciplinary primary care teams: a mixed-methods feasibility and acceptability trial.Primary health care research & development · 2019Article
- Adapting Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
Despite the interest in mindfulness over the past 20 years, studies have only recently begun to examine mindfulness in older adults. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate pretreatment to post-treatment change in negative affect variability (NAV) following a mindfulness training among 134 mildly stressed, middle-aged to older adults. The secondary aim was to assess if the effects of mindfulness training on NAV would be partially explained by pretreatment to post-treatment reductions in perceived stress, a trend that would be congruent with several stress models. In this randomized control trial, participants were assigned to either a 6-week mindfulness meditation training programme or to a wait list control. Ecological momentary assessment, a data capturing technique that queries about present moment experiences in real time, captured NAV. Mixed-model ANOVAs and a path analysis were conducted. Participants in the mindfulness meditation training significantly reduced NAV when compared with wait list control participants. Further, there was a significant indirect group effect on reductions in NAV through change in perceived stress. Few studies have tested mechanisms of action, which connect changes that occur during mindfulness training with psychological outcomes in older adults. Understanding the mechanisms by which mindfulness enhances well-being may optimize interventions.
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