Mobile Mindfulness Meditation: a Randomised Controlled Trial of the Effect of Two Popular Apps on Mental Health

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Mobile Mindfulness Meditation: a Randomised Controlled Trial of the Effect of Two Popular Apps on Mental Health

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

We present the results of a pre-registered randomised controlled trial (RCT) that tested whether two smartphone-based mindfulness meditation applications (apps) lead to improvements in mental health. University students (n=208, aged 18 to 49) were randomly assigned to use one of the three apps: Headspace, Smiling Mind, or Evernote (control group). Participants were instructed to use their assigned app for 10min each day for 10days, after which they received an extended 30days' access to conti...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2019-05-01

Creator

Flett, Jayde A. M. / Hayne, Harlene / Riordan, Benjamin C. / Thompson, Laura M. / Conner, Tamlin S.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/28082

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Psychiatry / Psychology / Psychology, Clinical / Science & Technology / Social Sciences

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