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Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on medical and premedical students
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Format: Journal Article
Publication Year: 1998
Publisher: Plenum Press
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Pages: 581-599
Sources ID: 126577
Visibility: Public (group default)
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Investigators conducted an 8-week study to examine the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques on medical and premedical students using a controlled, statistical experimental design. The experimental group doing the meditation showed (1) a reduction in self-reported anxiety and (2) distress and depression, as well as (3) an increase score on measures of empathy and (4) an increase in spiritual experiences. The results were repeated when the experiment was conducted on a wait-listed control group. (Zach Rowinski 2005-03-04)

Subjects: 
Mindfulness Meditation
Clinical Studies on Meditation
Mindfulness Based Interventions