LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MEDITATION

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 有两个著名的减压课程使用冥想技术作为他们的主要工具-放松反应(RR)计划[1]或基于正念的压力减轻(MBSR)[2]。我们建议在亚临床压力水平的健康成年人中比较这两种技术的随机先导研究。这项先导性研究将允许我们测试各种感兴趣的措施，以确定最有力地区分这两种干预措施的措施，这将使我们能够设计一项更大规模的临床试验。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. There are two well-known stress reduction courses that use meditation techniques as their primary tool - the Relaxation Response (RR) program [1] or the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) [2]. We propose a randomized pilot study comparing these two techniques in healthy adults with sub-clinical levels of stress. This pilot study will allow us to test various measures of interest, to identify those that most robustly distinguish these two interventions, which will allow us to design a larger clinical trial.