Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Mobile Application: a Randomized Waiting-List Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: Although several hundreds of apps are available that (cl)aim to promote mindfulness, only a few methodologically sound studies have evaluated the efficacy of these apps. This randomized waiting-list controlled trial therefore tested the hypothesis that one such app (the VGZ Mindfulness Coach) can achieve immediate and long-term improvements of mindfulness, quality of life, general psychiatric symptoms, and self-actualization. One hundred ninety-one experimental participants received the VGZ Mindfulness Coach, which offers 40 mindfulness exercises and background information about mindfulness without any form of therapeutic guidance. Compared to 186 control participants, they reported large (Cohen's d = 0.77) and statistically significant increases of mindfulness after 8 weeks and small-to-m

SUBMITTER: van Emmerik AAP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770479 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature