Mindfulness-based stress reduction and physiological activity during acute stress: A randomized controlled trial.

Nyklı́ček, Ivan; Mommersteeg, Paula M.C.; Beugen, Sylvia van; Ramakers, Christian; Boxtel, G.J.M. van

doi:10.1037/a0032200

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“…Whereas previous research shows that 8 weeks (but not 3 sessions) of mindfulness training reduces biological stress reactivity Nyklíček et al, 2013), we now show that an intermediate dose -two weeks of daily mindfulness training plus a booster session -is effective for reducing biological reactivity.…”

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“…For example, eight-week mindfulness interventions have been shown to reduce physiological and subjective reactivity to acute stress challenge tasks (Britton et al, 2012;Hoge et al, 2013;Nyklíček et al, 2013). Still, little is known about the active mechanisms of mindfulness interventions that drive these stress reduction effects.…”

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“…Previous 8-week mindfulness intervention studies have demonstrated a medium effect size for stress reactivity outcomes (Cohen's d=.63;Nyklíček et al, 2013) and pilot 2-week online mindfulness training 2 While initial plans involved enrolling an older sample, due to recruitment difficulties, the eligible age range was expanded after enrolling four participants.…”

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Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial

Lindsay

Young

Smyth

et al. 2018

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Objective: Mindfulness interventions, which train practitioners to monitor their present-moment experience with a lens of acceptance, are known to buffer stress reactivity. Little is known about the active mechanisms driving these effects. We theorize that acceptance is a critical emotion regulation mechanism underlying mindfulness stress reduction effects. Method:In this three-arm parallel trial, mindfulness components were dismantled into three structurally equivalent 15-lesson smartphone-based interventions: (1) training in both monitoring and acceptance (Monitor+Accept), (2) training in monitoring only (Monitor Only), or (3) active control training (Coping control). 153 stressed adults (mean age = 32 years; 67% female; 53% white, 21.5% black, 21.5% Asian, 4% other race) were randomly assigned to complete one of three interventions. After the intervention, cortisol, blood pressure, and subjective stress reactivity were assessed using a modified Trier Social Stress Test.Results: As predicted, Monitor+Accept training reduced cortisol and systolic blood pressure reactivity compared to Monitor Only and control trainings. Participants in all three conditions reported moderate levels of subjective stress. Conclusions:This study provides the first experimental evidence that brief smartphone mindfulness training can impact stress biology, and that acceptance training drives these effects. We discuss implications for basic and applied research in contemplative science, emotion regulation, stress and coping, health, and clinical interventions.Trial Registration: Clinical Trials NCT02433431

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Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial

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Smyth

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“…Regulating attention towards distressing cognitions and emotions is a coping strategy taught to distressed individuals in current therapeutic paradigms such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Nyklíček et al, 2013) and acceptance and commitment therapy (Hayes et al, 2006). However, there is little psychophysiological evidence for the effectiveness of attention regulation in modulating the stress response.…”

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“…Recent theoretical and empirical developments suggest that perfectionism and perseverative cognitions can be reduced by cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness meditation (Delgado et al, 2010;Masuda and Tully, 2012;Nyklíček et al, 2013). A recent randomized controlled-trial adopting both approaches to treat maladaptive perfectionists revealed significant reductions in anxiety sensitivity and negative automatic thoughts (Radhu et al, 2012a;Guglietti et al, 2013).…”

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Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial

Azam

Katz

Fashler

et al. 2015

International Journal of Psychophysiology

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Heart rate variability (HRV) is a vagal nerve-mediated biomarker of cardiac function used to investigate chronic illness, psychopathology, stress and, more recently, attention-regulation processes such as meditation. This study investigated HRV in relation to maladaptive perfectionism, a stress-related personality factor, and mindfulness meditation, a stress coping practice expected to elevate HRV, and thereby promote relaxation. Maladaptive perfectionists (n = 21) and Controls (n = 39) were exposed to a lab-based assessment in which HRV was measured during (1) a 5-minute baseline resting phase, (2) a 5-minute cognitive stress-induction phase, and (3) a post-stress phase. In the post-stress phase, participants were randomly assigned to a 10-minute audioinstructed mindfulness meditation condition or a 10-minute rest condition with audio-description of mindfulness meditation. Analyses revealed a significant elevation in HRV during meditation for Controls but not for Perfectionists. These results suggest that mindfulness meditation promotes relaxation following cognitive stress and that the perfectionist personality hinders relaxation possibly because of decreased cardiac vagal tone. The results are discussed in the context of developing psychophysiological models to advance therapeutic interventions for distressed populations.

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Mindfulness:A Transtherapeutic Approach for Transdiagnostic Mental Processes

Greeson

Garland

Black

2014

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction and physiological activity during acute stress: A randomized controlled trial.

Abstract: MBSR may help reducing blood pressure levels and blood pressure reactivity to stress.

Cited by 171 publications

References 17 publications

Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial

Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial

Heart rate variability is enhanced in controls but not maladaptive perfectionists during brief mindfulness meditation following stress-induction: A stratified-randomized trial

Mindfulness:A Transtherapeutic Approach for Transdiagnostic Mental Processes

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