ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Mindfulness, Age and Gender as Protective Factors Against Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04841681 (Effectiveness of Video-based Psychotherapy in Reducing Distress in Patients With COVID-19 Treated in a Hospital Isolation Ward in Jakarta), which is not on this map. Cited by 132 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Video-based Psychotherapy in Reducing Distress in Patients With COVID-19 Treated in a Hospital Isolation Ward in Jakarta
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132 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 259 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Mindfulness-based positive psychology interventions: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Mental health and health behaviors among college student mentors in a randomized controlled trial interrupted by COVID-19.Journal of American college health : J of ACHTrial
- Mindfulness and life satisfaction in post-earthquake young adults: longitudinal mediation by psychological adjustment.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The role of rumination and racing thoughts in co-occurrence of ADHD symptoms, depression and anxiety symptoms.Australian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Acute effects of a single recess physical activity session on sustained attention among junior high school students: a randomized controlled trial based on in-class task performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The effect of representational preference on second language lexical access in late bilinguals.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of a nurse-led mindfulness-based intervention on stress and emotional well-being in hospitalized school-aged children: a mixed-methods quasi-experimental study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Do Contemplative Practices Promote Trauma Recovery? A Narrative Review from 2018 to 2023.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mindfulness Improves Awareness and Cortisol Levels During COVID-19 Lockdown: A Randomised Controlled Trial in Healthcare Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Examining associations of mindfulness with early-life trauma and risky health behaviors using a network analysis approach in a sample of U.S. college students.Journal of contextual behavioral science · 2025Article
- Analysis of influencing factors of psychological resilience in patients with traumatic fractures and its effect on posttraumatic growth.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveMindfulness disposition is associated with various psychological factors and prevents emotional distress in chronic diseases. In the present study, we analyzed the key role of mindfulness dispositions in protecting the individual against psychological distress consequent to COVID-19 social distancing and quarantining.
methodsAn online survey was launched on March 13, 2020, with 6,412 responses by April 6, 2020. Socio-demographic information, exposure to the pandemic, and quarantining were assessed together with psychological distress and mindfulness disposition. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to study the influence of predictive factors on psychological distress and quality of life in Italian responders during the early days of lockdown. Pearson correlations were calculated to study the relationship between mindfulness and psychiatric symptoms.
resultsMultivariate linear regression run on socio-demographics, COVID-19-related variables, and mindfulness disposition as moderators of overall psychological distress showed that mindfulness was the best predictor of psychological distress (β = -0.504; DISCUSSION: Findings showed that high dispositional mindfulness enhances well-being and helps in dealing with stressful situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Mindfulness-based mental training could represent an effective intervention to stem post-traumatic psychopathological beginnings and prevent the onset of chronic mental disorders.
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