Healthy Minds Program (HMP)¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (2 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
Healthy Minds Innovations' Healthy Minds Program is a free smartphone-based meditation app that delivers structured audio lessons and guided practices for cultivating well-being skills.
Components¶
- Healthy Minds Program (HMP) four-week smartphone meditation course: The Healthy Minds Program is a free smartphone-based meditation app constructed around the ACIP model. The four-week Foundations course studied here "includes two introductory audio lessons and two introductory guided meditations... followed by one week of content for each pillar of well-being," with two brief podcast lessons (5 to 7 minutes each) and three guided meditations per week. "In total, the intervention contains 10 lessons and 14 guided meditations." Participants choose between two guides, active or sitting practices, and practice lengths of 5 to 30 minutes, requiring only minutes a day. (Hirshberg Matthew J. et al. (2022))
- Awareness, Connection, Insight, and Purpose (ACIP) training-based model of well-being: The ACIP model, proposed by Dahl and colleagues, holds that well-being rests on four trainable pillars: "awareness, connection, insight, and purpose (ACIP)". Awareness comprises attention and meta-awareness skills; connection emphasizes prosocial dispositions such as gratitude and kindness; insight targets clarity about the nature of one's identity and experience; and purpose aims to clarify values and apply them in daily life. The model claims these pillar skills "demonstrate plasticity" and that this plasticity "can be harnessed through intentional practice," specifically meditation training. The Healthy Minds Program app and this trial's hypotheses were constructed around this framework. (Hirshberg Matthew J. et al. (2022))
Claims¶
- A four-week smartphone meditation app reduces psychological distress in school system employees at post-intervention and three-month follow-up [+M]
- Most participants assigned to the app downloaded it, but fewer engaged, averaging about 11 days and 128 minutes of practice over four weeks [~M]
- The meditation app improves well-being skills (self-compassion, loneliness, cognitive defusion, perseverative thinking, well-being, meaning) that persist at follow-up, except mindful action [+M]
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Key Sources¶
- 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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Healthy Minds Innovations' Healthy Minds Program is a free smartphone-based meditation app that delivers structured audio lessons and guided practices for cultivating well-being skills. |
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