An Exploration of Formal and Informal Mindfulness Practice and Associations with Wellbeing.

ABSTRACT: Mindfulness has transdiagnostic applicability, but little is known about how people first begin to practice mindfulness and what sustains practice in the long term. The aim of the present research was to explore the experiences of a large sample of people practicing mindfulness, including difficulties with practice and associations between formal and informal mindfulness practice and wellbeing. In this cross-sectional study, 218 participants who were practicing mindfulness or had practiced in the past completed an online survey about how they first began to practice mindfulness, difficulties and supportive factors for continuing to practice, current wellbeing, and psychological flexibility. Participants had practiced mindfulness from under a year up to 43 years. There was no significant di

SUBMITTER: Birtwell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6320743 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature