Examine the Effects of Mindfulness in Woman With a History of Child Adversity

The app-based (audio-guided) interventions consist of mindfulness and compassion-based practices that are selected to maximize their effect on stress targets. Interventions include, for example, practices that focus on the breath/body (e.g., 3-minute breathing space; compassionate body scan; five senses mediation), on increasing participants' inner resources (e.g., imaging a safe person or safe place), on reducing negative affect (e.g., self-compassion and acceptance-based practices), or on increasing positive emotions (e.g., gratitude practice; metta practices).

Participants are instructed to be mindful (pay attention) to their current thoughts and feelings and complete ecological momentary assessments of their current psychological stress states (e.g., stress appraisals, affect, perseverative cognitions, self-criticism, social connection)