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NCT02164708 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2014-06-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This paper extends prior research by exploring how students with self-critical (SC) traits respond to mindfulness meditation (MM) with a twofold purpose: i) to study anxiety sensitivity and mood changes during the school year as students attended MM tutorials ii) to study the relationship between self-criticism and MM-related benefits over time. This paper reports on participants' mood and anxiety sensitivity changes before, during, and after the MM program and the association between depressed mood and SC levels. Participants were trained in MM over two continuous semesters, with two specific hypotheses guiding evaluations:

1. Participants overall would report progressive improvements in psychological well-being as measured by mood and anxiety sensitivity variables, reflecting the effectiveness of the MM program.
2. Elevations in self-critical personality traits would predict greater improvements in depressed mood, given the greater need to neutralize cognitive events related to negative moods.

Conditions

  • Depressive Self-Criticism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Meditation

The program progressively trained students in "mindfulness of breathing", a form of meditation frequently employed secularly. The tutorials were held on campus five times weekly, led by a faculty member and a graduate student who were trained, experienced MM practitioners. The tutorials were one hour in duration and typically involved 40-45 minutes of guided MM followed by a question-answer period that addressed recent research findings. Program participation required attendance at one tutorial per week, and participants were encouraged to maintain autonomous MM practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • York University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Ritvo, PhD · York University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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