Dose-response Relationship of Reported Lifetime Meditation Practice with Mental Health and Wellbeing: a Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Meta-analyses of meditation studies have revealed mixed modest evidence of benefits across a range of outcomes. However, because this evidence-base is predominantly from brief interventions, it is unclear whether it accurately reflects how contemporary meditators practice or the dose-response relationship between amount of practice and outcome. This study sought to characterize how contemporary meditators practice, examine any possible dose-response relationships between historical practice and measures of psychological wellbeing, and explore which characteristics of practice most strongly predict favorable psychological outcomes.

Methods

One thousand six hundred and sixty-eight meditators (M = 1095 h practice, SD = 2365) responded to advertisements

SUBMITTER: Bowles NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9517970 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature