Meditation, stress processes, and telomere biology
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Both theoretical and empirical work support the notion that meditation training can improve telomere regulation, which may ultimately contribute to healthy aging. Yet, the psychological and biological mechanisms underlying these changes remain underspecified, as do the contexts and boundary conditions in which these changes occur. Here we summarize studies investigating the effects of various meditation-based interventions on telomere biology, making suggestions for future research. We then propose a model describing how meditation training may impact acute and habitual stress responses as pathways to improved cell aging.
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- Authors
- Conklin, Q. A., Crosswell, A. D., Saron, C. D., & Epel, E. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Conklin, Quinn A
- Epel, Elissa S
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-08
- Volume
- 28
- Pages
- 92-101
- ISSN
- 2352-250X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6526075
- OpenAlex
- W2914872451
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 1.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- MindRxiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- MindRxiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (5T32MH020006-20, QC)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Keywords
- meditation training, telomere biology, stress response, healthy aging, cellular aging, psychological mechanisms, boundary conditions, acute stress, meditation intervention
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Stress, Psychological, Telomere, Cellular Senescence, Meditation
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