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Comparing brief stress management courses in a community sample: Mindfulness skills and progressive muscle relaxation

Agee, John D., Danoff-Burg, Sharon, Grant, Christoffer A.·2009·EXPLORE
DOI 10.1016/j.explore.2008.12.004
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This study sought to compare a five-week mindfulness meditation (MM) course to a five-week course that taught progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). Forty-three adults from the community were randomly assigned to either MM (n = 19) or PMR (n = 24) courses after responding to flyers and other advertisements for a free stress management course. Mindfulness meditation participants practiced meditation significantly more often than PMR participants practiced relaxation during the intervention period (F[1, 43] = 7.42; P < .05). Interestingly, the two conditions did not differ significantly in their posttreatment levels of relaxation or mindfulness. Although there were no differences between groups on any of the primary outcome measures, across both treatment conditions there were statistically significant reductions from pretreatment to posttreatment in general psychological distress. Thus, although MM did not emerge as clearly superior to PMR, results of this study suggest that a brief mindfulness skills course may be effective for stress management.

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  • Mindfulness meditation can elicit a relaxation response, as shown by self-reports correlated with relaxation.

    “a multitude of studies have demonstrated that Mindfulness meditation can elicit a relaxation response using self-reports that are correlated with relaxation”

    From The Influence of Buddhist Meditation Traditions on the Autonomic System and Attention (2015) · cites this paper as [96]

  • Clinical stress reduction programs that implement Mindfulness meditation reduce stress and increase relaxation after 4 to 5 weeks of training.

    “clinical stress reduction programs that implement Mindfulness meditation have been shown to reduce stress and increase relaxation even after 4 to 5 weeks of training [95, 96].”

    From The Influence of Buddhist Meditation Traditions on the Autonomic System and Attention (2015) · cites this paper as [96]

  • The finding that Theravada types of meditation produce relaxation has resulted in their incorporation into clinical practices as stress reduction techniques.

    “the finding that Theravada types of meditation produce relaxation has resulted in their incorporation into clinical practices as stress reduction techniques (e.g., [10, 21, 95, 96]).”

    From The Influence of Buddhist Meditation Traditions on the Autonomic System and Attention (2015) · cites this paper as [96]

  • PMR has been found to be an effective method of stress-reduction in single session and short-term interventions.

    “PMR has been found to be an effective method of stress-reduction in single session and short-term interventions (Agee et al., 2009, Rausch et al., 2006)”

    From Testing the differential effects of acceptance and attention-based psychological interventions on intrusive thoughts and worry (2017) · cites this paper as Agee et al., 2009

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Authors
Agee, J. D., Danoff-Burg, S., & Grant, C. A.
Affiliations
  • Togus VA Medical Center (US)
  • State University of New York (US)
Corresponding author
Agee, John D.
Venue
EXPLORE
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-03
Volume
5
Issue
2
Pages
104-109
ISSN
1550-8307 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.explore.2008.12.004
OpenAlex
W2007955487
Cited by
56
References
21
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • EXPLORE (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
mindfulness meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, stress management, brief intervention, relaxation training, psychological distress, community-dwelling adults
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle Relaxation, Personal Satisfaction, Pilot Projects, Psychotherapy, Group, Relaxation Therapy, Self Care, Stress, Psychological, Treatment Outcome, Meditation, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical, Young Adult

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