Differential Effect of Four Mindfulness Exercises on Mindfulness, Cerebral Cartography and Heart Ratio Variability
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 80
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Different facets of Mindfulness
研究概览
简要总结
Mindfulness can be considered as a family of complex attentional and emotional regulation strategies that promote the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. The practice of mindfulness produces the development of a consciousness that unfolds moment to moment, open and unprejudiced in the present moment, here and now. Despite its extensive benefits, the practice of mindfulness requires a significant commitment in time and effort, which limits the potential for its dissemination. The studies to narrow the differential effects of the various exercises based on mindfulness, will further enhance their effectiveness and they can guide the practice sequence according to user needs. In this paper we will research mindfulness electroencephalographic correlates of as four different exercise programs included in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and stress reduction program based on mindfulness (MBSR) as well as its effect on several psychological variables.
详细描述
Mindfulness is a way of using attention intentionally, repeatedly reactivating the attentional focus, so that it enhances the ability of sustained attention. It involves a complex process of self-regulation and inhibition of internal and external stimuli interferences.
Although the overall effects of meditation on brain bioelectrical signals are still being characterized, there is some consensus on the fact that meditation helps alter brain activity in both state and trait.
The specific aim of this study is to assess the differential effect of four different practices of mindfulness in psychological well-being and their corresponding neurophysiological correlates.
The hypothesis is that different exercises within the range of mindfulness practices exert different effects in terms of electroencephalographic activity, expecting different band increases in alpha (activity 7-to 2 Hz), beta (activity more than 13 Hz), theta (activity 4-6 Hz) and delta (activity less than 3 Hz) respectively, as well as changes in the lateralization of the activity (left or right hemisphere). We also expect an improvement in the variables such as mindfulness, self-compassion, positive affect, anxiety, depression and sleep quality.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •sign of informed consent
- •no previous meditation training experience
排除标准
- •mental or neurologic disorder
- •respiratory disease
- •previous brain damage history
- •medication intake that could interfere in the electroencephalographic results
研究组 & 干预措施
Control Group: Relaxation Techniques
Relaxation techniques which do not involve either formal or informal mindfulness training. Subjects in this group practice Jacobson's progressive muscular relaxation, emotional imagining and Schultz's autogenic training.
干预措施: Control group relaxation techniques (Behavioral)
Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta)
Loving-kindness meditation following Kristin Neff protocol
干预措施: Loving-kindness meditation (Behavioral)
Body Scan
Body scan as described in standard MBSR protocol
干预措施: Body scan (Behavioral)
Sitting Practice
Sitting practice as mindfulness meditation described in standard MBSR protocols.
干预措施: Sitting practice (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Different facets of Mindfulness
时间窗: 3 months
The Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) will be used: It assesses the following facets of mindfulness: Observing, describing, acting with awareness, non judging of inner experience and non-reactivity to inner experience
次要结局
- Positive and negative affectivity(3 months)
- Brain function(3 months)
- Insomnia(3 months)
- Self-compassion(3 months)
- anxiety and depression(3 months)
研究者
Javier Garcia Campayo
PhD
Hospital Miguel Servet