A Large Multi-site Study on Self-administered Mindfulness

Summary

The use of self-administered mindfulness interventions has increased in recent years. The effectiveness of these interventions on regulating stress/emotions, however, is debated. In the present multi-site study (Nsites = x, Nparticipants = x), the investigators aimed to investigate the effectiveness of four single, brief stand-alone mindfulness exercises in a population unfamiliar with mindfulness meditation. The investigators tested these four interventions in comparison to non-mindful active control conditions using an adaptive Bayesian design. The investigators found \[evidence for the efficacy of x exercises/no evidence for the efficacy of x exercises\] with an estimated mean effect size of \[xx/xx\]. This means that… or The investigators recommend that… \[recommendation will be provided\].

Conditions

• Body Scan Meditation
• Loving-Kindness Meditation
• Mindful Breathing Meditation
• Mindful Walking Meditation
• Control Condition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Body-scan meditation

Participants listen to a 15-minute Body-Scan mindfulness meditation recorded by a certified instructor. The audio track is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful Breathing meditation

Participants listen to a 15-minute Mindful Breathing mindfulness meditation recorded by a certified instructor. The audio track is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.

BEHAVIORAL

Loving Kindness meditation

Participants listen to a 15-minute Loving Kindness mindfulness meditation recorded by a certified instructor. The audio track is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful Walking

Participants listen to a 15-minute Mindful Walking mindfulness meditation recorded by a certified instructor. The audio track is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.

BEHAVIORAL

Listening of a story

Participants listen to a 15-minute story. The audio track is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Grenoble Alps

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• University of Utah

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• Seeburg University

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

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• University of Houston

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• Loyola Marymount University

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• Ashland University

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• The College at Brockport

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• Medical University of South Carolina

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• Australian National University

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• The University of Queensland

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• University of North Florida

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• University of Wuerzburg

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• Iowa State University

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• Goldsmiths, University of London

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• Pennsylvania Western University

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Konstanz

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• Springfield College

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• Glendale Community College

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• St. Olaf College

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• University of Limerick

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• Northumbria University

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• Wittenberg University Ohio

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• University of Edinburgh

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• University of California, Merced

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• University of Southern Indiana

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Pace University

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• Toronto Metropolitan University

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• Wayne State University

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• Memorial University of Newfoundland

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• University College, London

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• DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Canberra

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• University of Northern Iowa

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• Idaho State University

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• Behavioural Science Institute

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• Radboud University Medical Center

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• Eastern Oregon University

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Charles University, Czech Republic

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• University of Milano Bicocca

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• Spiessens Coaching Solutions Ltd

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Swansea University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alessandro Sparacio, Ph.D. · Swansea University & Universite Grenoble Alpes, A*STAR

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-03-23

Primary Completion

2022-06-30

Completion

2022-06-30

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations