Examining the Effects of Regular Brief Internet-based Meditation Practice on Mental Health and Well Being

Not Recruiting

Trial ID: NCT06014281

Purpose

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

Stanford Investigator(s)

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Able to follow basic instructions for prescreening and scheduling
* Compliant with investigator instructions during the consent process and participation in the study
* Is not already a regular meditation practitioner

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age \<18
* People with a current diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disorders
* Be in current psychiatric treatment or medications
* Hospitalized for psychiatric disorders in the past year or so.
* Regular and long-term meditation practitioners
* Non-English speaking
* Non-USA mailing address to receive the activity tracker device
* Vision or hearing impairment severe enough to interfere with study participation

Intervention(s):

behavioral: SOS Meditation

Not Recruiting

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Manish Saggar, PhD
650-723-3656