ArticleBMJ mental health2024
Target mechanisms of mindfulness-based programmes and practices: a scoping review.
Article in BMJ mental health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Long-Term Outcomes, Moderators, and Predictors in Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for People With Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Mechanisms of change in compassion-based programs for medical students.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Pathways to mental well-being for graduates of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR): A mediation analysis of an RCT.Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2024Trial
- Mindfulness and learning engagement among undergraduate dance majors: the serial mediating roles of self-efficacy and academic burnout.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Why mindfulness matters in musculoskeletal therapies: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
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- The State- and Trait-Level Effects and Candidate Mechanisms of Four Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Practices: Two Exploratory Studies.Mindfulness · 2023Article
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Abstract
questionMindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) and practices have demonstrated effects in mental health and well-being, yet questions regarding the target mechanisms that drive change across the population remain unresolved. STUDY SELECTION AND ANALYSIS: Five databases were searched for randomised controlled trials that evaluate the indirect effects (IEs) of an MBP or mindfulness practice in relation to mental health and well-being outcomes through psychological mechanisms.
findings27 eligible studies were identified, with only four exploring mechanisms in the context of specific mindfulness practices. Significant IEs were reported for mindfulness skills, decentering and attitudes of mindfulness (eg, self-compassion) across different outcomes, population samples, mental health strategies and active comparators. Evidence gap maps and requirements for testing and reporting IEs are provided to help guide future work.
conclusionsMindfulness skills, decentering and attitudes of mindfulness may be key intervention targets for addressing the mental health of whole populations. However, future work needs to address significant knowledge gaps regarding the evidence for alternative mechanisms (eg, attention and awareness) in relation to unique outcomes (eg, well-being), mental health strategies (ie, promotion) and active comparators. High-quality trials, with powered multivariate mediation analyses that meet key requirements, will be needed to advance this area of work. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: 10.17605/OSF.IO/NY2AH.
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