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Adherence to practice of mindfulness in novice meditators: practices chosen, amount of time practiced, and long-term effects following a mindfulness-based intervention.

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Ribeiro, Letícia, Atchley, Rachel M., Oken, Barry S.·2018·Mindfulness

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In this study, we objectively tracked the duration, frequency, and the preferred practices chosen by novice mindfulness practitioners following a mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention. A sample of 55 mildly stressed participants, aged 50 to 80 years old, underwent an individual 6-week MM intervention and had their guided meditation home practice electronically recorded during the intervention and the 8-week post-intervention period. Participants' psychological well-being was assessed through self-report measures of mindfulness, quality of life, and symptoms of depression and stress. Results evidenced a high adherence to practice, with an average of ~23 minutes per day during the intervention and ~16 minutes per day in the follow-up period. Body scan, sitting meditation, and breathing space were the most popular meditation practices among participants. Our results showed significant alterations in self-reported measures over time, suggesting improvements in stress and overall quality of life. Changes in the self-report measures did not correlate with MM practice time, which suggests that other psychological phenomena, including quality of meditation practice, influence these outcomes.

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  • Beneficial effects reported by participants can be related to their expectancies regarding these practices, rather than to the actual practice time during the program.

    “Furthermore, as Ribeiro et al. (2018) highlighted, beneficial effects reported by participants can be related to their expectancies regarding these practices, rather than to the actual practice time during the program.”
  • Adherence to practice (length, frequency, and type of meditation chosen) did not relate to outcomes in a 6-week MBCT-based program using objective electronic measurement.

    “However, similar results were found using objective electronic measurement in a 6-week MBCT-based program that showed that adherence to practice (length, frequency, and type of meditation chosen) did not relate to outcomes (Ribeiro et al., 2017).”
  • These positive results in the measures used in the study could be related to participants' adherence to practice, which was similar in the two groups and could be classified as good compared to other standard introductory MBIs.

    “These positive results in the measures used in our study could be related to participants’ adherence to practice (participants’ home practice in our study was about 88% of the assigned amount), which was similar in the two groups and could be classified as good compared to other standard introductory MBIs [85,86]”

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  1. Bowen S, Chawla N, & Marlatt GA (2010). Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorders: a clinician’s guide. New York: Guilford Press.

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Authors
Ribeiro, L., Atchley, R. M., & Oken, B. S.
Affiliations
  • Pacific University Oregon (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author
Ribeiro, Letícia
Venue
Mindfulness
Published
2017-08-07
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
401-411
ISSN
  • 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
  • 1868-8535
OpenAlex
W2744696888
Cited by
91
References
52
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (K24AT005121, T32AT002688)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (210325/2014-3)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Keywords
mindfulness meditation, novice meditators, body scanning, sitting meditation, breathing space, stress, quality of life, depression, psychological well-being, older adults, mindfulness-based interventions

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