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Mindfulness training reduces loneliness and increases social contact in a randomized controlled trial

View ORCID ProfileEmily K. Lindsay, Shinzen Young, Kirk Warren Brown, Joshua M. Smyth, and J. David Creswell
  1. aDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
  2. bDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401;
  3. cDepartment of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284;
  4. dDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802;
  5. eDepartment of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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PNAS February 26, 2019 116 (9) 3488-3493; first published February 11, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813588116
Emily K. Lindsay
aDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
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bDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401;
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Kirk Warren Brown
cDepartment of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284;
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Joshua M. Smyth
dDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802;
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  1. Edited by Stephanie Cacioppo, The University of Chicago, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Michael S. Gazzaniga January 3, 2019 (received for review August 7, 2018)

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vol. 116 no. 9 3488-3493
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813588116
PubMed: 
30808743

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue February 26, 2019.
  • Published first February 11, 2019.

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  1. Emily K. Lindsaya,1,
  2. Shinzen Youngb,
  3. Kirk Warren Brownc,
  4. Joshua M. Smythd, and
  5. J. David Creswelle
  1. aDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
  2. bDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401;
  3. cDepartment of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284;
  4. dDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802;
  5. eDepartment of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  1. Edited by Stephanie Cacioppo, The University of Chicago, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Michael S. Gazzaniga January 3, 2019 (received for review August 7, 2018)

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: ekl24{at}pitt.edu.
  • Author contributions: E.K.L., S.Y., K.W.B., J.M.S., and J.D.C. designed research; E.K.L. performed research; E.K.L. analyzed data; E.K.L. wrote the paper; S.Y. and E.K.L. developed interventions; K.W.B., J.M.S., and J.D.C provided critical manuscript revisions; and J.D.C. supervised the project.

  • Conflict of interest statement: S.Y. owns a portion of 01 Expert Systems, which will be releasing a modified and extended version of the Monitor+Accept mindfulness intervention as a commercial app.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. S.C. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.

  • Database deposition: A complete dataset has been uploaded as a Supporting Information file.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1813588116/-/DCSupplemental.

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