The relationship between mindfulness and objective measures of body awareness: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Although awareness of bodily sensations is a common mindfulness meditation technique, studies assessing the relationship between mindfulness and body awareness have provided mixed results. The current study sought to meta-analytically examine the relationship between mindfulness operationalized as a dispositional trait or a construct trained through short- (i.e., randomized controlled trials [RCTs]) or long-term mindfulness meditation practice with objective measures of body awareness accuracy. PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus were searched. Studies were eligible if they reported the association between mindfulness and body awareness, were published in English, and included adults. Across 15 studies (17 independent samples), a small effect was found linking mindfulness with greater body awareness accuracy (g?=?0.21 [0.08, 0.34], N?=?879). When separated by study design, only RCTs continued to show a significant relationship (g?=?0.20, [0.02, 0.38], k?=?7, n?=?505). Heterogeneity of effects was low (I2?

SUBMITTER: Treves IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6874545 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature