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ArticleBehaviour research and therapy2024

Is informal practice associated with outcomes in loving-kindness and compassion training? Evidence from pre-post and daily diary assessments.

Qiang Xie, Kevin M Riordan, Scott A Baldwin, Otto Simonsson, Matthew J Hirshberg, Cortland J Dahl, Inbal Nahum-Shani, Richard J Davidson, Simon B Goldberg

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Qiang XieDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Kevin M RiordanDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Scott A BaldwinDepartment of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Otto SimonssonCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Matthew J HirshbergCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Cortland J DahlCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Healthy Minds Innovations Inc, Madison, WI, USA.
Inbal Nahum-ShaniInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Richard J DavidsonCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Simon B GoldbergDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: sbgoldberg@wisc.edu.

Funding

University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR002373 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELIZABETH S BURNSIDE, Allan R. Brasier · 2017 to 2026
$75.9M
Pilot and Mentoring CoreP50DA054039 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SUSAN A MURPHY · 2021 to 2026
$18.2M
Novel Methods for Intensive Longitudinal Data in SMART Studies of Drug Abuse and HIVR01DA039901 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ALMIRALL, DANIEL, NAHUM-SHANI, INBAL BILLIE · 2015 to 2024
$5.4M
Novel use of mHealth data to identify states of vulnerability and receptivity to JITAIs SupplementU01CA229437 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI NAHUM-SHANI, INBAL BILLIE, WETTER, DAVID W · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
The plasticity of well-being: A research network to define, measure and promote human flourishingU24AT011289 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DAVIDSON, RICHARD J · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
Mindfulness training delivered via mobile health to reduce depression and anxietyK23AT010879 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GOLDBERG, SIMON B · 2020 to 2024
$786k
Smartphone-based meditation training to reduce adolescent depressionK01MH130752 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Matthew Hirshberg · 2023 to 2026
$540k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002373NCCIH NIH HHS K23 AT010879NCCIH NIH HHS U24 AT011289NCI NIH HHS U01 CA229437NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA054039NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA039901NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH130752
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated whether informal meditation practice (i.e., self-reported application of meditative techniques outside a period of formal meditation) was associated with outcomes in smartphone-based loving-kindness and compassion training. Meditation-naïve participants (n = 351) with clinically elevated symptoms completed measures of psychological distress, loneliness, empathy, and prosociality at baseline and following a two-week intervention. Informal practice, psychological distress, and loneliness were also assessed daily. Steeper increases in informal practice had small associations with pre-post improvements in distress (r = -.18, p = .008) and loneliness (r = -.19, p = .009) but not empathy or prosociality. Using a currently recommended approach for establishing cross-lagged effects in longitudinal data (latent curve model with structured residuals), higher current-day informal practice was associated with decreased next-day distress with a very small effect size (βs = -.06 to -.04, p = .018) but not decreased next-day loneliness. No cross-lagged associations emerged from distress or loneliness to informal practice. Findings suggest that further investigation into a potential causal role of informal practice is warranted. Future studies experimentally manipulating informal practice are needed.

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EmpathyLonelinessMeditationAdultFemaleHumansLoveMaleMiddle AgedMindfulnessPsychological DistressSmartphoneStress, PsychologicalYoung AdultCompassionInformal practiceLoving-kindnessMechanisms of behavior changeMobile health

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