@article{ref1,
title="Mediational pathways of meditation and exercise on mental health and perceived stress: a randomized controlled trial",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2018",
author="Goldstein, Ellen and Topitzes, James and Brown, Roger L. and Barrett, Bruce",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1359105318772608-1359105318772608",
abstract="This study investigated the effects of mindfulness and exercise training on indicators of mental health and stress by examining shared mediators of program effects. Community-recruited adults ( N = 413) were randomized into one of three conditions: (a) mindfulness-based stress reduction, (b) moderate intensity exercise, or (c) wait-list control. Composite indicator structural equation models estimated direct, indirect, and total effects. <br><br>RESULTS showed that mindfulness-based self-efficacy fulfilled a prominent role in mediating meditation and exercise program effects. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that mindfulness and exercise training share similar mechanisms that can improve global mental health, including adaptive responses to stress.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105318772608",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105318772608"
}