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Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

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Greeson, JM; Webber, DM; Smoski, MJ; Brantley, JG; Ekblad, AG; Suarez, EC; Wolever, RQ
Published in: J Behav Med
December 2011

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a secular behavioral medicine program that has roots in meditative spiritual practices. Thus, spirituality may partly explain Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction outcomes. Participants (N = 279; M (SD) age = 45(12); 75% women) completed an online survey before and after an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis that, following Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, the relationship between enhanced mindfulness and improved health-related quality of life is mediated by increased daily spiritual experiences. Changes in both spirituality and mindfulness were significantly related to improvement in mental health. Although the initial mediation hypothesis was not supported, an alternate model suggested that enhanced mindfulness partly mediated the association between increased daily spiritual experiences and improved mental health-related quality of life (indirect effect: β = 0.07, P = 0.017). Effects on physical health-related quality of life were not significant. Findings suggest a novel mechanism by which increased daily spiritual experiences following Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction may partially explain improved mental health as a function of greater mindfulness.

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J Behav Med

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EISSN

1573-3521

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

34

Issue

6

Start / End Page

508 / 518

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Spirituality
  • Quality of Life
  • Models, Psychological
  • Middle Aged
  • Meditation
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Female
 

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Greeson, J. M., Webber, D. M., Smoski, M. J., Brantley, J. G., Ekblad, A. G., Suarez, E. C., & Wolever, R. Q. (2011). Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. J Behav Med, 34(6), 508–518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-011-9332-x
Greeson, Jeffrey M., Daniel M. Webber, Moria J. Smoski, Jeffrey G. Brantley, Andrew G. Ekblad, Edward C. Suarez, and Ruth Quillian Wolever. “Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.J Behav Med 34, no. 6 (December 2011): 508–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-011-9332-x.
Greeson JM, Webber DM, Smoski MJ, Brantley JG, Ekblad AG, Suarez EC, et al. Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. J Behav Med. 2011 Dec;34(6):508–18.
Greeson, Jeffrey M., et al. “Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.J Behav Med, vol. 34, no. 6, Dec. 2011, pp. 508–18. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10865-011-9332-x.
Greeson JM, Webber DM, Smoski MJ, Brantley JG, Ekblad AG, Suarez EC, Wolever RQ. Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. J Behav Med. 2011 Dec;34(6):508–518.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Behav Med

DOI

EISSN

1573-3521

Publication Date

December 2011

Volume

34

Issue

6

Start / End Page

508 / 518

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Spirituality
  • Quality of Life
  • Models, Psychological
  • Middle Aged
  • Meditation
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Female