The meditation app showed no evidence of elevated adverse events, with lower odds of symptom worsening at post-test¶

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q3 i? HMP assignment predicted significantly lower odds of a categorical increase in anxiety (OR=0.42) and depressive (OR=0.65) symptoms at post-test. → Hirshberg Matthew J. 2022 q3 i? At three-month follow-up there was no difference between groups in odds of symptom worsening for anxiety or depression. → Hirshberg Matthew J. 2022

Evidence¶

Hirshberg Matthew J. 2022¶

Hirshberg Matthew J., Frye Corrina, Dahl Cortland J., Riordan Kevin M., Vack Nathan J., Sachs Jane, Goldman Robin, Davidson Richard J., Goldberg Simon B. (2022). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-Based Well-Being Training in Public School System Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000739

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Exploratory logistic regression models with preregistered covariates on N=662, categorizing symptoms by normative T-score cutoffs. Depressive symptoms showed the same pattern (OR=0.65 at T5; OR=0.82 at T6, p=.278).

"Assignment to the HMP predicted significantly lower odds of experiencing increased anxiety symptoms at T5 (Odds ratio (OR)=0.42 [0.30 to 0.60], p<.001) with no difference in the odds of a categorical symptom increase in symptoms at T6 (OR=0.78 [0.56 to 1.10], p=.143)"

Discussion¶

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