Status:
COMPLETED
The Influence of Mindfulness Meditation Retreat on Attention to Internal Experience
Lead Sponsor:
University of Haifa
Conditions:
Attention Impaired
Cognitive Change
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
Although attention is thought to have a definitive functional role in mindfulness meditation training and its salutary mechanisms of action, extant empirical evidence is mixed and limited. In the prop...
Detailed Description
Broadly, the investigators first aim is to assess whether mindfulness meditation retreat will yield significant improvement at post-relative to pre-retreat, compared to matched control, in each of the...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Retreat Group: Adults who register to participate in a 6 to 7-days mindfulness meditation retreats.
- Control Group: Adults participants will be recruited from social media and local community of meditation practitioners, and will be matched to the retreat group by gender, age and level of experience in meditation.
Exclusion
- Younger than 18 years-old and older than 65-years.
- Have first language other than Hebrew.
- Self-report lack of fluency in speaking or understanding Hebrew-language.
- Not having access to a computer and headphones with a microphone (for completing behavioral tasks).
- Participation in a retreat 1 month before the first primary outcomes assessment or during the weeks between the second primary outcomes assessment and the 2-weeks follow-up.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2020
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
142 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04749264
Start Date
August 1 2020
End Date
June 1 2022
Last Update
February 14 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Amutat Tovana
Afula, Israel, 1933500