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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Similar but Different: Exploring the Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Types on Affect

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Hannah Herc
    University of Toledo
  • Cassidy Serr
    University of Toledo
  • Nicolas Maricic
    University of Toledo
  • Kellyann Navarre
    University of Toledo
  • Peter Mezo
    University of Toledo

Abstract

Mindfulness meditations are tools within mindfulness-based interventions used to improve mindfulness, overall mental health, and well-being. These meditations are often researched and used under the umbrella of mindfulness when they can be further broken down into distinct practices. This study explored the ways in which specific meditations influence affect.

Affect