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Examining the Effects of Regular Brief Internet-based Meditation Practice on Mental Health and Well Being
Sponsor: Stanford University
Summary
The study will examine the effects of online meditation training on stress and anxiety in healthy participants. It will also examine the dose-response relationship between the amount of daily focused attention meditation practice and established mental health outcome measures.
Official title: An Internet-administered Randomized Control Trial to Examine the Effects of Regular, Brief Meditation Practice on Mental Health and Well Being
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2023-11-01
Completion Date
2025-07-30
Last Updated
2025-05-22
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
SOS Meditation
Focused-attention meditation technique will be used to train participants, specifically the SOS meditation technique. The SOS meditation technique is an easy-to-learn approach where participants are instructed to dissociate their attention from physical awareness, thoughts, and emotions by mentally slowly repeating a calming word or phrase (chosen by the participant themselves). SOS Meditation Instructions: * Close your eyes very gently, in a relaxed way, as you do when we go to sleep * Your attention should be fully alert. Try not to put any strain on your eyes or try to look up. * Focus your eyes about eight to ten inches into the field of darkness in front of you on the horizontal plane * Mentally repeat the (chosen) calming word * Sit lovingly and calmly to see what comes up, as if you were watching a movie screen and waiting to see what appears on it.
Locations (1)
Dept. of Psychiatry, Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States