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Trial reportProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Mindfulness training reduces loneliness and increases social contact in a randomized controlled trial.

Emily K Lindsay, Shinzen Young, Kirk Warren Brown, Joshua M Smyth, J David Creswell

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. 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 124 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT05083091 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Smartphone Stress Management Training for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorCarnegie Mellon UniversityRan2022 to 2025Enrolled359ConditionsIrritable Bowel SyndromeArmsMindfulness and Attention Training, Mindfulness training, Coping Condition
NCT07021872 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults Through Enhancing Positive Affect: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Ecological Momentary Assessments

TypeinterventionalSponsorEducation University of Hong KongRan2025 to 2026Enrolled276ConditionsLonelinessArmsTele-Positive Affect Intervention, Tele-Behavioral Activation Intervention, Tele-Friendly Visit
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. 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 · 2022
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  12. Mindfulness-based stress reduction and loneliness in older adults: two randomized controlled trials.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Emily K LindsayDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; ekl24@pitt.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5314-9517
Shinzen YoungDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401.
Kirk Warren BrownDepartment of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284.
Joshua M SmythDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
J David CreswellDepartment of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
Mindfulness Meditation Training in Lonely Older AdultsR01AT008685 · NCCIH · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI CRESWELL, JOHN DAVID · 2015 to 2019
$2.9M
Mechanisms of Mindfulness Training and Stress ReductionR21AT008493 · NCCIH · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI CRESWELL, JOHN DAVID · 2015 to 2016
$515k
Biological Mechanisms of Mindfulness Training for HealthF32AT009508 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LINDSAY, EMILY · 2017 to 2019
$190k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCCIH NIH HHS F32 AT009508NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT008685NCCIH NIH HHS R21 AT008493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loneliness and social isolation are a growing public health concern, yet there are few evidence-based interventions for mitigating these social risk factors. Accumulating evidence suggests that mindfulness interventions can improve social-relationship processes. However, the active ingredients of mindfulness training underlying these improvements are unclear. Developing mindfulness-specific skills-namely, (

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MindfulnessStress, PsychologicalAdultEmotionsFemaleHumansLonelinessMaleMeditationPublic HealthSmartphoneSocial BehaviorSocial IsolationYoung Adultacceptanceambulatory assessmentlonelinessmindfulnesssocial relationships

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PMID30808743
PMCPMC6397548

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