Mechanisms of Mindfulness and Stress Resilience: A Mobile App Mindfulness Training Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Psychological Stress, Mindfulness

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the active components of mindfulness meditation for reducing psychological stress and improving biomarkers of health. This study compares the effects of three brief trainings: (1) training in both present-moment attention and mindful acceptance, (2) training in present-focused attention, and (3) an active psychological training with no mindfulness content.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02433431

Run by

Carnegie Mellon University

People needed

153

Starts

2015-02-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English speaking
• Moderate- to high-stress (4-item Perceived Stress Scale score of 6 or higher)

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of chronic mental (e.g., recurrent depression, schizophrenia, personality disorder) or physical disease (e.g., cancer, HIV, heart disease, diabetes, bleeding disorder)
• Hospitalization in past 3 months
• Medication use that interferes with HPA-axis activity (e.g., corticosteroids)
• Current oral contraceptive use
• Current antibiotic, antiviral, or antimicrobial treatment
• Travel outside the country within the past 6 months to any country on the CDC travel alert list
• Recreational drug use, excessive alcohol or tobacco use
• Significant experience with or daily practice of mindfulness meditation or related mind-body practice

Where it is running

• Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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