{"id":129,"date":"2024-04-05T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/psychologymtdisupplement\/chapter\/mediations-effectiveness-research-evidence\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:05:39","slug":"mediations-effectiveness-research-evidence","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/psychologymtdisupplement\/chapter\/mediations-effectiveness-research-evidence\/","title":{"raw":"SC.17: Deep Dive - Mediation\u2019s Effectiveness: Research Evidence","rendered":"SC.17: Deep Dive &#8211; Mediation\u2019s Effectiveness: Research Evidence"},"content":{"raw":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[pb_glossary id=\"390\"]Approximate reading time:[\/pb_glossary] 1 minute<\/p>\nMeditative techniques have their roots in religious practices, but their use has grown in many clinical and alternative medicine settings. There is a growing body of evidence that shows meditation may be effective in treating:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood pressure (Azmi, Iyer, &amp; Azmi, 2020; Goldstein, Josephson, Xie, &amp; Hughes, 2012; Pascoe, Thompson, Jenkins, &amp; Ski, 2017; Rainforth et al., 2007; MariGowda, 2020)<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stress management (Desai et al., 2021; Shurtleff, 2018)<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sleep quality (Caldwell, Harrison, Adams, Quin, &amp; Greeson, 2010; Gobbo et al., 2023; Black et al., 2015; SaisaileshKumar et al., 2020; Wei, Li, &amp; Liu, 2018; Nanthakwang et al., 2020; Hausswirth et al., 2022),<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mood and anxiety disorders (Chen et al., 2013; Freeman et al., 2010; V\u00f8llestad, Nielsen, &amp; Nielsen, 2012; Bukar, Eberhardt, &amp; Davidson, 2019; Bulzacka, Lavault, Pelissolo, &amp; Bagnis Isnard, 2018),<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain management (Reiner, Tibi, &amp; Lipsitz, 2013; Yannouli, 2021; Ferreira-Valente, Pimenta, Costa, Day, Pais-Ribeiro, &amp; Jensen, 2021; May, Kosek, Zeidan, &amp; Berkman, 2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_129_390\">Approximate reading time:<\/a> 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>Meditative techniques have their roots in religious practices, but their use has grown in many clinical and alternative medicine settings. There is a growing body of evidence that shows meditation may be effective in treating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood pressure (Azmi, Iyer, &amp; Azmi, 2020; Goldstein, Josephson, Xie, &amp; Hughes, 2012; Pascoe, Thompson, Jenkins, &amp; Ski, 2017; Rainforth et al., 2007; MariGowda, 2020)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stress management (Desai et al., 2021; Shurtleff, 2018)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sleep quality (Caldwell, Harrison, Adams, Quin, &amp; Greeson, 2010; Gobbo et al., 2023; Black et al., 2015; SaisaileshKumar et al., 2020; Wei, Li, &amp; Liu, 2018; Nanthakwang et al., 2020; Hausswirth et al., 2022),<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mood and anxiety disorders (Chen et al., 2013; Freeman et al., 2010; V\u00f8llestad, Nielsen, &amp; Nielsen, 2012; Bukar, Eberhardt, &amp; Davidson, 2019; Bulzacka, Lavault, Pelissolo, &amp; Bagnis Isnard, 2018),<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain management (Reiner, Tibi, &amp; Lipsitz, 2013; Yannouli, 2021; Ferreira-Valente, Pimenta, Costa, Day, Pais-Ribeiro, &amp; Jensen, 2021; May, Kosek, Zeidan, &amp; Berkman, 2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_129_390\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_129_390\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>To calculate this time, we used a reading speed of 150 words per minute and then added extra time to account for images and videos. 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