ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2019
The next generation of mindfulness-based intervention research: what have we learned and where are we headed?
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. Cited by 34 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Investigator Meditation Practice Predicts Efficacy of Child/Adolescent Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Meta-Analysis.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Pooled it
- Pain, mindfulness, and placebo: a systematic review.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analytical review of the impact of mindfulness on creativity: Framing current lines of research and defining moderator variables.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based programmes for mental health promotion in adults in nonclinical settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled 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
- Who engages? Machine learning insights into digital mindfulness-based intervention for generalized anxiety disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Trial
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- How does mindfulness training affect attention and penalty kick performance in university football player.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Meditation dosage predicts self- and teacher-perceived responsiveness to an 18-month randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
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- Mindfulness Interfused with Humor: Insights From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Humor-Enriched Mindfulness-Based Program.Mindfulness · 2025Article
- Mindfully missing myself: Induced mindfulness causes alienation among poor self-regulators.PloS one · 2024Article
- Addressing psychosomatic symptom distress with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in somatic symptom disorder: mediating effects of self-compassion and alexithymia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Effects of web-based mindfulness training on psychological outcomes, attention, and neuroplasticity.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- An Overview of the Methods Used to Measure the Impact of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Sleep-Related Outcomes.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Article
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Focused Review for Practicing Clinicians.Current cardiology reports · 2023Review
- Conscious connected breathing with breath retention intervention in adults with chronic low back pain: protocol for a randomized controlled pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
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- Altered self-reported resting state mediates the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on mental health: a longitudinal path model analysis within a community-based randomized trial with 6-months follow-up.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The previous two decades have seen an exponential increase in the number of published scientific investigations on the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training to improve function in a wide range of physical and psychological processes. The resulting body of work provides strong evidence that MBSR has salubrious effects. Yet, when compared directly to groups with training that matches MBSR in factors common to most legitimate interventions, such as learning new skills, expectation of benefit, social engagement and support, and attention from expert instructors, both groups tend to improve to a similar extent. This raises the question of whether there are benefits that are specific to training in mindfulness and if so, why are we not detecting them? Here, we discuss the factors that contribute to the general lack of differentiation between MBSR and active control groups, including the specificity of outcome measures and experimental design, random assignment, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and the time course and trajectory of change. In addition, we offer recommendations to address these factors in future research.
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