In:
Mindfulness, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 11, No. 4 ( 2020-04), p. 872-882
Abstract:
Insomnia is highly prevalent among adolescents, with severe consequences for daily life, including mental disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) can be effective in internet-delivered and face-to-face modalities. However, it is yet unclear what the contribution is of mindfulness-based techniques to the effectiveness of traditional CBTI. The present study investigated whether use of a body scan mindfulness meditation influenced the effectiveness of CBTI for adolescents. Methods Adolescents who had received 6 weeks of internet CBTI were divided into a group who had practiced a body scan meditation ( N = 26, age M = 15.33 years, SD = 1.42, 77% girls) and a group who had not ( N = 28, age M = 15.64 years, SD = 1.80, 82% girls). Differences between the groups were analyzed for subjective and objective sleep outcomes from baseline to post-treatment and to 2-month follow-up. Results Moderate to large effect size improvements appeared for sleep parameters from 7-day actigraphy and sleep logs, and large effect size decreases of self-reported symptoms of insomnia and chronic sleep reduction, at post-treatment for both groups. Improvements were maintained at follow-up. However, where the non-body scan group showed no significant change of wake after sleep onset from actigraphy, and self-reported shortness of sleep and irritation , there were medium effect size improvements of these outcomes in the body scan group. Conclusions These results indicate that the use of a body scan mindfulness meditation in CBTI may have an additional positive effect on sleep, above and beyond traditional CBTI techniques.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1868-8527
,
1868-8535
DOI:
10.1007/s12671-019-01290-9
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2543424-X
SSG:
5,21
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