About the Authors

Brendan Cullen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, United States of America

Kristina Eichel

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, United States of America

Jared R. Lindahl

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Religious Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Hadley Rahrig

Roles Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, United States of America

Nisha Kini

Roles Formal analysis

Current address: Terumo Europe N.V., Leuven, Belgium

Affiliation Quantitative Health Sciences Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Julie Flahive

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Quantitative Health Sciences Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Willoughby B. Britton

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

willoughby_britton@brown.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: WBB is a MBSR and MBCT teacher and has received financial compensation for this role, and is also nominally affiliated with the Mindfulness Center at Brown University which generates income by offering mindfulness classes to the public. WBB is the founder of Cheetah House, a RI non-profit organization that provides information about meditation-related difficulties, individual consultations, and support groups, as well as educational trainings to meditation teachers, clinicians, educators and mindfulness providers. This interest has been disclosed to and is being managed by Brown University, in accordance with its Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment policies. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.