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ArticlePsychological services2026

Developing meditation practice in individuals with elevated psychological distress via a meditation app intervention: An implementation science-informed qualitative investigation of barriers and facilitators.

Rachel L Dyer, Katherine M Zimmerman, Xinxuyang Zhao, Qiang Xie, Cortland J Dahl, Andrew Quanbeck, Simon B Goldberg

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7 authors.

Rachel L DyerDepartment of Psychology, Lawrence University.ORCID 0000-0003-0073-3442
Katherine M ZimmermanDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0009-0001-8206-4088
Xinxuyang ZhaoDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0009-0004-0706-1479
Qiang XieDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0003-3968-9629
Cortland J DahlCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Andrew QuanbeckDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0003-0762-4804
Simon B GoldbergDepartment of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0002-6888-0126

Funding

Promoting the implementation of clinical guidelines for opioid prescribing in primary care using systems consultationR01DA047279 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI QUANBECK, ANDREW · 2018 to 2022
$3.5M
Integrating mHealth for Alcohol Use Disorders into Clinical PracticeR01AA024150 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI QUANBECK, ANDREW · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
Clinic-level implementation of mHealth to improve HIV viral suppression for patients with substance use disordersR01DA055527 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Andrew Quanbeck, Ryan Patrick Westergaard · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Testing an mHealth System for Integrating Alcohol Use Treatment with Hepatology Care for Patients with Alcohol-associated Liver DiseaseR01AA030470 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Randall T Brown, Jessica Leigh Mellinger · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Mindfulness training delivered via mobile health to reduce depression and anxietyK23AT010879 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GOLDBERG, SIMON B · 2020 to 2024
$786k
National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Drug AbuseNCCIH NIH HHSNCCIH NIH HHS K23 AT010879NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA024150NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA030470NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA047279NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA055527University of Wisconsin-Madison; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison; School of Education; Wisconsin Center for Education ResearchWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, depression and anxiety have worsened among American adults. Meditation apps may provide an accessible route for reducing these symptoms. However, many users experience barriers to persisting in their use of these apps. Prior research has identified psychosocial and practical barriers and facilitators to the use of meditation apps, as well as barriers and facilitators related to the apps themselves. Yet few prior studies have drawn on frameworks from the highly relevant field of implementation science, such as the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. A lack of unifying implementation science frameworks has limited shared language to describe barriers and facilitators and has made it challenging to identify and account for multilevel factors impacting the implementation of meditation apps. As such, this study used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to explore the implementation of the Healthy Minds Program meditation app among users experiencing elevated depressive and/or anxiety symptoms. Participants (

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AnxietyDepressionMeditationMobile ApplicationsPsychological DistressAdultFemaleHumansImplementation ScienceMaleMiddle AgedQualitative Research

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