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title authors external_url source_url drive_links course tags year month journal volume number pages openalexid
Mindfulness Training Reduces Loneliness and Increases Social Contact in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Emily K. Lindsay
Shamar Young
Kirk Warren Brown
Joshua M. Smyth
J. David Creswell
meditation
groups
upekkha
loneliness
2019
feb
pnas
116
9
3488--3493
W2914270122

Consistent with predictions, Monitor+Accept training reduced daily-life loneliness by 22% and increased social contact by two more interactions and one more person each day, compared with both Monitor Only and control trainings.

Both present moment awareness AND acceptance are critical for effective mindfulness.