Effectiveness of Four Deconstructive Meditative Practices on Well-being and Self-deconstruction

NAActive, not recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

240

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 11, 2023

Primary Completion Date

March 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 30, 2025

Conditions
Mental Health Wellness
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Mindful breathing

"* Formal practice should take 30-60 minutes/day. It can be divided into as many as 4 sessions/day at times of participants' choosing, but the recommended times are after waking up in the morning and before going to bed at night.~* There is no limit to the number of times informal practice can be performed during the day.~* Use of a diary is necessary to record the time and duration of all formal and informal practices.~* The intervention will have a duration of 60 days. During this period, participants are to take part only in the intervention to which they have been randomized and no other. After this period of time and during the follow-up, participants will be able to practise any kind of meditation and at times of their choosing, but this information must always be recorded in their diary."

BEHAVIORAL

Prostrations, according to Tibetan Buddhist tradition

"* Formal practice should take 30-60 minutes/day. It can be divided into as many as 4 sessions/day at times of participants' choosing, but the recommended times are after waking up in the morning and before going to bed at night.~* There is no limit to the number of times informal practice can be performed during the day.~* Use of a diary is necessary to record the time and duration of all formal and informal practices.~* The intervention will have a duration of 60 days. During this period, participants are to take part only in the intervention to which they have been randomized and no other. After this period of time and during the follow-up, participants will be able to practise any kind of meditation and at times of their choosing, but this information must always be recorded in their diary."

BEHAVIORAL

The Koan Mu, according to Zen Buddhist tradition

"* Formal practice should take 30-60 minutes/day. It can be divided into as many as 4 sessions/day at times of participants' choosing, but the recommended times are after waking up in the morning and before going to bed at night.~* There is no limit to the number of times informal practice can be performed during the day.~* Use of a diary is necessary to record the time and duration of all formal and informal practices.~* The intervention will have a duration of 60 days. During this period, participants are to take part only in the intervention to which they have been randomized and no other. After this period of time and during the follow-up, participants will be able to practise any kind of meditation and at times of their choosing, but this information must always be recorded in their diary."

BEHAVIORAL

The mirror exercise, according to Toltec tradition

"* Formal practice should take 30-60 minutes/day. It can be divided into as many as 4 sessions/day at times of participants' choosing, but the recommended times are after waking up in the morning and before going to bed at night.~* There is no limit to the number of times informal practice can be performed during the day.~* Use of a diary is necessary to record the time and duration of all formal and informal practices.~* The intervention will have a duration of 60 days. During this period, participants are to take part only in the intervention to which they have been randomized and no other. After this period of time and during the follow-up, participants will be able to practise any kind of meditation and at times of their choosing, but this information must always be recorded in their diary."

Trial Locations (1)

50009

Department of Psychiatry. Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Hospital Miguel Servet

OTHER