European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
September 1, 2023
Monique L Mefrouche, Eva-Maria Siegmann, Stephanie Böhme et al.
15 citations
Digital mindfulness interventions significantly reduce depression and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy, but not stress symptoms. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 13 randomized-controlled trials with 1,373 participants found that digital mindfulness methods lowered depression (effect size g = -0.47) and anxiety (g = -0.41) compared to control groups. The effects were moderated by attrition rate and whether the woman was pregnant for the first time (primiparity). These findings suggest digital mindfulness is a promising approach for managing mental health symptoms in pregnant women.
European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
April 10, 2023
María Elena Gutiérrez-hernández, Luisa Fernanda Fanjul Rodríguez, Alicia Díaz Megolla et al.
4 citations
An online self-compassion intervention during the first ten weeks of COVID-19 lockdowns increased self-compassion and reduced anxiety, depression, and stress in a non-clinical sample. Sixty-one participants completed at least two thirds of the sessions, which included guided meditations and inquiry, while 65 people formed a waiting-list control group. The control group showed no significant changes. Emotional improvements in the intervention group were linked to increased self-compassion. However, at follow-up, distress scores returned to pre-intervention levels, suggesting that benefits may require regular practice to be maintained, especially under ongoing high stress.
European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education
June 12, 2025
Corey Jackson, Christian M Jones
2 citations
Dispositional mindfulness is strongly linked to lower anxiety and depression through its effect on metacognitive beliefs. A survey of 178 adults (average age 53) found that people who meditated daily scored higher on three facets of mindfulness and reported less anxiety, depression, and maladaptive cognitive patterns (worry, rumination, mind wandering) than those who rarely meditated. Negative metacognitive beliefs were associated with more worry, spontaneous mind wandering, and brooding rumination, which in turn were linked to greater symptomology. The findings suggest that mindfulness reduces symptomology by weakening negative metacognitive beliefs, which then reduces the maladaptive cognitive-attentional syndrome. Spontaneous mind wandering and brooding rumination appear more harmful than deliberate forms, and the authors propose these subtypes may be better understood as extremes on a continuum rather than distinct categories.