Trial reportJournal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness Mobile Application for Ruminative Adolescents.
Trial report in Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03900416 (Mindfulness-based Mobile Application to Reduce Rumination in Adolescents), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mindfulness-based Mobile Application to Reduce Rumination in Adolescents
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Mental Health Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Mobile applications in adolescent psychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of an online mindfulness program for adolescents at risk for internalizing problems.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Which adolescents are well-suited to app-based mindfulness training? A randomized clinical trial and data-driven approach for personalized recommendations.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Trial
- Adolescents' Preferences, Experiences, and Views of 2 Online Programs for Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: Qualitative Interview Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Follow-up effects of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Harnessing personal and social resources in managing internalising and externalising symptoms in children living in low-resource settings.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Characterizing and predicting refractory rumination in obsessive compulsive disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Self-directed digital interventions for the improvement of emotion regulation - acceptability and feasibility for adolescents: systematic review.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Ecological Momentary Assessment as a Measure of Intervention Change: Evaluation in 4 Digital Mental Health Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Rumination and alexithymia serially mediate the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety symptoms in Chinese university students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Advancing Mental Health Care: A Comprehensive Review of Digital Tools and Technologies for Enhancing Diagnosis, Treatment, and Wellness.Health care science · 2025Review
- Mindful awareness and its association with cumulative adversity, autonomic reactivity, and current functioning.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The sustained effect of 5-week EmotionCore mindfulness training on emotion regulation and emotional intelligence: heterogeneous benefits for depression and anxiety across subgroups.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events in clinical trials of mental health apps.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- At-home use of app-based mindfulness for children: A randomized active-controlled trial.Mindfulness · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveRumination is a risk factor for the development of internalizing psychopathology that often emerges during adolescence. The goal of the present study was to test a mindfulness mobile app intervention designed to reduce rumination.
methodRuminative adolescents (
resultsThere was a significant Time X Condition effect at post-intervention for rumination, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms, such that participants in the mindfulness intervention showed improvements relative to those in the control condition. The effect for rumination lasted through the 6-week follow-up period; however, group differences were generally not observed throughout the follow-up period, which may indicate that continued practice is needed for gains to be maintained.
conclusionsThis intervention may have the potential to prevent the development of psychopathology and should be tested in a longitudinal study assessing affective disorder onset, especially in populations with limited access to conventional, in person mental health care.This study was registered with Clinicaltrials.gov (Identifier NCT03900416).
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