Mindfulness Training as a Clinical Intervention: A Conceptual and Empirical Review

By Ruth A. Baer. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Complementary and alternative medicine, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation (2003, background): “The Group Time interaction for the Time 1-Time 2 comparison for the anterior temporal region (T3/4) was again in the same direction as the other interactions, but not significant [F(1,31) 3.”
The science of self-compassion. (2012, background): “The mental space provided by taking a mindful approach to our difficult feelings, however, allows for greater clarity, perspective, and emotional equanimity (Baer, 2003; Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).”
Does Mindfulness Meditation Enhance Attention? A Randomized Controlled Trial (2010, background): “Current evidence suggests that mindfulness-based clinical interventions can be effective in treating a variety of medical and psychiatric disorders (Allen et al. 2006; Baer 2003; Bondolfi 2005; Grossman et al. 2004).”
The Mediating Effects of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion on Trait Anxiety (2014, methodology): “The timing of the data collection used the start date of the MBSR meditation program for the treatment cohorts as the criterion point of day 0 for baseline measurement.”
Examining the inverted U-shaped relationship between workload and innovative work behavior: The role of work engagement and mindfulness (2020, background): “Two mechanisms may explain why mindfulness can exert such a moderating function: decentering (i.e. a primary mechanism) and reappraisal and value clarification (i.e. secondary mechanisms) (Baer, 2003; Garland et al., 2015; Good et al., 2016; Shapiro et al., 2006).”
Positive psychology in practice (2004, background): “Finally, acts of kindness may help satisfy a basic human need for relatedness (Baumeister & Leary, 1995), thereby contributing to increased happiness, as in the Sheldon and Lyubomirsky (2004) study described previously.”
One year pre-post intervention follow-up of psychological, immune, endocrine and blood pressure outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in breast and prostate cancer outpatients. (2007, background): “The proliferation of reports of MBSR interventions in health care have inspired two general narrative reviews (Bishop, 2002; Baer, 2003) and one meta-analysis (Grossman et al., 2004), all of which have supported the efficacy of MBSR for improving both physical and mental wellbeing in mixed groups…”
Surfing the urge: Experiential acceptance moderates the relation between automatic alcohol motivation and hazardous drinking (2008, positive): “Although a growing number of studies indicate that the mindfulness training may have beneficial effects on psychological well–being (Baer, 2003), little is known about the paths by which mindfulness leads to clinical improvements.”
Mindfulness and Acceptance Approaches in Sport Performance (2009, background): “of their internal experience occurring at each moment, such as bodily sensations, cognitions, and emotions and to environmental stimuli, such as sights and sounds (Baer, 2003; Kabat-Zinn, 1994).”
Open Hearts Build Lives: Positive Emotions, Induced Through Loving-Kindness Meditation, Build Consequential Personal Resources (2008, positive): “Meditation and mindfulness, which are perhaps best known as elements of Buddhist spiritual practice, have also proven to be fruitful topics within empirical research on well-being (Baer, 2003; Kabat-Zinn, 2003; Segal, Williams, & Teasdale, 2002; Wallace & Shapiro, 2006).”
The positive effects of mindfulness on self-esteem (2013, background): “Mindfulness enhances awareness of the present moment, which facilitates cognitive and behavioral flexibility and allows for more adaptive responses to situations, as opposed to responding in habitual or impulsive ways (Baer, 2003; Bishop et al., 2004; Brown, et al., 2007a; Keng et al., 2011).”
The value of psychological flexibility: Examining psychological mechanisms underpinning a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for burnout (2013, positive): “This, in turn, facilitates better mental health (Baer, 2003; Hayes, Luoma, Bond, Masuda, & Lillis, 2006) and improved goal-focused behaviour.”