What can we learn from randomized clinical trials about the construct validity of self-report measures of mindfulness? A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Because they provide data on responsiveness to experimental manipulation, clinical trials involving mindfulness-based interventions are a source of evidence for the construct validity of self-report measures of mindfulness. Within-group and between-group changes in mindfulness were examined from randomized clinical trials comparing mindfulness interventions to other bona fide treatment comparison conditions or waitlist control conditions. We also examined changes in clinical outcomes and the magnitude of these changes relative to changes in mindfulness. We included 69 published studies representing 55 unique samples (n = 4,743). Self-report mindfulness measures showed relatively larger gains in mindfulness intervention conditions vis-à-vis waitlist comparison conditions at both post-treatm

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6602541 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature