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Mindfulness and craving: effects and mechanisms

Tapper, Katy·2018·Clinical Psychology Review

DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.11.003

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Mindfulness meditation has a long tradition of being used to manage cravings. This paper reviews 30 experimental studies that have examined the effects of different types of mindfulness practice on cravings for food, cigarettes and alcohol. The findings are interpreted in light of relevant theories of craving. The studies show most support for the elaborated intrusion theory of desire and conditioning models. They suggest that whilst mindfulness strategies may bring about immediate reductions in craving, such effects are likely to stem from working memory load, and will not necessarily be superior to alternative strategies that also load working memory. Likewise, reductions in craving over the medium term may occur due to extinction processes that result from the individual inhibiting craving-related responses. Again, alternative strategies that promote response suppression may be equally effective. Nevertheless, a smaller number of studies show promising results where mindfulness exercises have been repeatedly practiced over a longer period of time. The results of these studies provide tentative support for Buddhist models of craving that suggest mindfulness practice may confer unique benefits in terms of both craving reduction and reducing the extent to which craving leads to consumption. Further research would be needed to confirm this.

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Authors: Tapper, K.
Affiliations: University of London (GB)
Corresponding author: Tapper, Katy
ORCID: Tapper, Katy
Venue: Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2018-02
Volume: 59
Pages: 101-117
ISSN: 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.11.003
OpenAlex: W2768389452
Cited by: 127
References: 82
Citations by year: 2026: 12 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7
FWCI: 1.38
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords: mindfulness meditation, craving, food cravings, cigarette craving, alcohol craving, working memory load, extinction, response suppression, craving reduction
MeSH terms: Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Food, Humans, Behavior, Addictive, Mindfulness, Craving

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