Does it matter how meditation feels? An experience sampling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Meditation apps are the most widely used mental health apps. The precise mechanisms underlying their effects remain unclear. In particular, the degree to which affect experienced during meditation is associated with outcomes has not been established.

Method

We used the meditation app arm of a recently completed randomized controlled trial comparing a self-guided meditation app (Healthy Minds Program) to a waitlist control. Predominantly distressed public school employees (n = 243, 80.9% with clinically elevated depression and/or anxiety) reported positive and negative affect during meditation practice. Data were analyzed using two-level multivariate latent growth curve models (observations nested within participants) that simultaneously attended to both posi

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448736 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature