ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2019
Can mindfulness be too much of a good thing? The value of a middle way.
Review in Current opinion in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05576545 (Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Develop and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Self-Care Smartphone Application on the Self-Efficacy, and Resilience Among Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment
Who cites it
74 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the intervention effect of mindfulness training on athletes' performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mantra-Based Meditation on Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of BWM-T Versus Brief Mindfulness Induction on Stress, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy in University Students: Immediate and Short-Term Outcomes of RCT on Psychological Well-Being and Autonomic Balance.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Symptoms and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Young Adolescents From the General Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Depression and anxiety · 2025Trial
- Do mindfulness interventions cause harm? Findings from the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) Pragmatic Clinical Trial.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Trial
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- Altered states of consciousness caused by a mindfulness-based programme up to a year later: Results from a randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- The effect of ten versus twenty minutes of mindfulness meditation on state mindfulness and affect.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Mindful attention promotes control of brain network dynamics for self-regulation and discontinues the past from the present.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Trial
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- Daily mindfulness training reduces negative impact of COVID-19 news exposure on affective well-being.Psychological research · 2022Trial
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- Network Structure of Nomophobia, Fear of Missing Out, Mindful Attention, and Happiness Among University Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Mediating Role of Rumination in the Relationship Between Mindful Awareness and Athlete Burnout.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Examining the relationships between mindfulness, emotion regulation, depression, and anxiety: a structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Harnessing the Neurobiology of Empathy and Compassion to Alleviate Burnout in Neurology.Annals of neurology · 2026Review
- Rumination as a mediator between mindfulness and emotion regulation difficulties in female combat sports coaches.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2026Article
14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Previous research has found that very few, if any, psychological or physiological processes are universally beneficial. Instead, positive phenomena tend to follow a non-monotonic or inverted U-shaped trajectory where their typically positive effects eventually turn negative. This review investigates mindfulness-related processes for signs of non-monotonicity. A number of mindfulness-related processes-including, mindful attention (observing awareness, interoception), mindfulness qualities, mindful emotion regulation (prefrontal control, decentering, exposure, acceptance), and meditation practice-show signs of non-monotonicity, boundary conditions, or negative effects under certain conditions. A research agenda that investigates the possibility of mindfulness as non-monotonic may be able to provide an explanatory framework for the mix of positive, null, and negative effects that could maximize the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions.
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