Considerations for mood and emotion measures in mindfulness-based intervention research.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to identify which emotion-related assays could detect changes after Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) and discuss outcome measures in MBI research.
Results Summary
The systematic review found that MBIs could detect changes in emotion-related outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation, using various scales and instruments. The study highlights methodological standards for future MBI research.
Population
Mental health settings and general populations
Effective Dosage
Not available
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | neutral | emotion-related outcomes | mental health settings and general populations | - | examined the effects | #1 |
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | neutral | emotion-related assays | - | - | able to detect changes | #2 |
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | neutral | depression | - | - | able to detect changes | #3 |
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | neutral | anxiety | - | - | able to detect changes | #4 |
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | neutral | emotion regulation | - | - | able to detect changes | #5 |
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's) | neutral | other mood states | - | - | able to detect changes | #6 |
A large and growing body of work has examined the effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI's), such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, on emotion-related outcomes, both in mental health settings and general populations. These studies vary widely in the approach to measurement of emotion-related measurements after MBI's. A systematic review of randomized clinical trials of MBIs was conducted with a focus on identifying what emotion-related assays were able to detect changes with MBI's, including scales and instruments (both self-report and clinician-rated) on constructs such as depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, and other mood states. In this paper, we reflect on these findings and discuss considerations of outcome measures in MBI research. There are previously established practices for clinical trials research on emotion-related outcomes which may provide some useful methodological standards and study design options for use by the MBI research field.