ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2020
The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety Disorders. A Systematic Meta-Review.
Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Mechanics of Mindfulness: Investigating Metacognitive Beliefs as a Pathway of Effect on Anxiety and Depression.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Reconceptualizing the relationship between anxiety, mindfulness, and cognitive control.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025Review
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- The Effect of Daily Meditative Practices Based on Mindfulness and Self-Compassion on Emotional Distress under Stressful Conditions: A Randomized Controlled Trial.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- Association of Emotion Regulation and Dispositional Mindfulness in an Adolescent Sample: The Mediational Role of Time Perspective.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of an online short-term audio-based mindfulness program on negative emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Latent growth curve analyses of anxiety and moderated mediation effects of anxiety between mindfulness and negative affect.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Psychotherapeutic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: cognitive and behavioral therapies, enhancement strategies, and emerging efforts.Expert review of neurotherapeutics · 2022Review
- Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Child-Adolescent Population: A Developmental Perspective.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Review
- Mindfulness and Balanced Time Perspective: Predictive Model of Psychological Well-Being and Gender Differences in College Students.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Article
- Mental Health in Settings with COVID-19 Positive Cases in the Spanish Population: The Protective Role of the Capacity to Adapt to Change.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThere has been a growing interest in the study of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). Many clinical trials and experimental designs have been implemented, with different samples and diverse MBI procedures. Reviews have shown unclear results, apart from a tendency to identify low-to-moderate effectiveness. The purpose of this review is to examine the effectiveness of MBIs on anxiety complaints, analyzing available systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
methodThe literature search was done in MEDLINE (PubMed) and PsycINFO, from the first available review in 2003 until March 2020. From 82 initial references, 12 reviews were selected.
resultsReviews confirmed a moderate effect size of MBIs in improving anxiety symptoms. This efficacy was similar to that of well-established therapies for reducing anxiety symptoms, such as cognitive behavioral therapies. A large effect size was found when well-developed MBI protocols were applied. DISCUSSION: More refined clinical trials are needed to establish clear conditions of MBI effectiveness (protocols, samples, psychological mechanisms, etc.). In addition, considering mindfulness processes, new outcome measures are needed (such as acceptance, self-awareness, or well-being) to test the incremental value of MBIs.
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