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Evidence at a glance

Total studies
359
With abstract
50
Meta / Systematic / RCT
3
Highly cited
50
Publication years
1998–2026

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Top studies on Mindfulness

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

  1. Positive emotions trigger upward spirals toward emotional well-being.

    Psychological science2002198 influential citations

    The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions predicts that positive emotions broaden the scopes of attention and cognition, and, by consequence, initiate upward spirals toward increasing emotional well-being. The present study…

  2. Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorders: a pilot efficacy trial.

    Substance abuse2009n=168136 influential citations

    The current study is the first randomized-controlled trial evaluating the feasibility and initial efficacy of an 8-week outpatient Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) program as compared to treatment as usual (TAU). Participants…

  3. A model of mindful parenting: implications for parent-child relationships and prevention research.

    Clinical child and family psychology review2009135 influential citations

    This paper introduces a model of "mindful parenting" as a framework whereby parents intentionally bring moment-to-moment awareness to the parent-child relationship. This is done by developing the qualities of listening with full attention…

  4. Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress, and immune parameters in breast and prostate cancer outpatients.

    Psychosomatic medicine2003n=42123 influential citations

    <h4>Objectives</h4>This study investigated the relationships between a mindfulness-based stress reduction meditation program for early stage breast and prostate cancer patients and quality of life, mood states, stress symptoms, lymphocyte…

  5. Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory capacity and affective experience.

    Emotion (Washington, D.C.)2010n=31121 influential citations

    We investigated the impact of mindfulness training (MT) on working memory capacity (WMC) and affective experience. WMC is used in managing cognitive demands and regulating emotions. Yet, persistent and intensive demands, such as those…

  6. Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress and levels of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and melatonin in breast and prostate cancer outpatients.

    Psychoneuroendocrinology2004n=42111 influential citations

    <h4>Objectives</h4>This study investigated the relationships between a mindfulness-based stress reduction meditation program for early stage breast and prostate cancer patients and quality of life, mood states, stress symptoms, and levels…

  7. Neural correlates of dispositional mindfulness during affect labeling.

    Psychosomatic medicine2007n=27101 influential citations

    <h4>Objective</h4>Mindfulness is a process whereby one is aware and receptive to present moment experiences. Although mindfulness-enhancing interventions reduce pathological mental and physical health symptoms across a wide variety of…

  8. Mindfulness-based stress reduction lowers psychological distress in medical students.

    Teaching and learning in medicine2003n=162101 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>Medical students confront significant academic, psychosocial, and existential stressors throughout their training. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an educational intervention designed to improve coping…

  9. Defining mindfulness by how poorly I think I pay attention during everyday awareness and other intractable problems for psychology's (re)invention of mindfulness: comment on Brown et al. (2011).

    Psychological assessment201198 influential citations

    The Buddhist construct of mindfulness is a central element of mindfulness-based interventions and derives from an age-old systematic phenomenological program to investigate subjective experience. Recent enthusiasm for "mindfulness" in…

  10. Mindfulness and mind-wandering: finding convergence through opposing constructs.

    Emotion (Washington, D.C.)201297 influential citations

    Research into both mindfulness and mind-wandering has grown rapidly, yet clarification of the relationship between these two seemingly opposing constructs is still absent. A first study addresses the relationship between a dispositional…

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