Mindfulness-based stress reduction training supplemented with physiological signals from smartwatch improves mindfulness and reduces stress, but not anxiety and depression

Sylwia Sumińska; Andrzej Rynkiewicz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0322413

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction training supplemented with physiological signals from smartwatch improves mindfulness and reduces stress, but not anxiety and depression

Sylwia Sumińska ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sysum@ciop.pl, sylsuminska@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ergonomics, Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1335-3385

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Andrzej Rynkiewicz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction training supplemented with physiological signals from smartwatch improves mindfulness and reduces stress, but not anxiety and depression

Sylwia Sumińska,
Andrzej Rynkiewicz

Published: April 23, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322413

About the Authors

Sylwia Sumińska

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sysum@ciop.pl, sylsuminska@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ergonomics, Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1335-3385

Andrzej Rynkiewicz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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