LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MEDITATION

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 有两个著名的减压课程使用冥想技巧作为他们的主要工具-放松反应（RR）程序[1]或基于正念的减压（MBSR）[2]。我们提出了一个随机试点研究比较这两种技术在健康成人亚临床水平的压力。 这项试点研究将使我们能够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个更大的临床试验。

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.