Published on in Vol 6 , No 6 (2022) :June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/34951, first published .
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an App-Based Meditation Intervention to Decrease Firefighter Psychological Distress and Burnout: A One-Group Pilot Study

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an App-Based Meditation Intervention to Decrease Firefighter Psychological Distress and Burnout: A One-Group Pilot Study

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of an App-Based Meditation Intervention to Decrease Firefighter Psychological Distress and Burnout: A One-Group Pilot Study

Thaddeus W W Pace   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Katharine H Zeiders   4 , PhD ;   Stephanie H Cook   5, 6 , PhD ;   Evelyn D Sarsar   4 , MA ;   Lindsay T Hoyt   7 , PhD ;   Nicholas L Mirin   5 , MPH ;   Erica P Wood   5 , MPH ;   Raquel Tatar   8 , PhD ;   Richard J Davidson   9 , PhD

1 Division of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

2 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

3 Department of Psychology, College of Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

4 Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US

5 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, US

6 Department of Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, US

7 Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, US

8 Healthy Minds Innovation, Madison, WI, US

9 Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, US

Corresponding Author:

  • Thaddeus W W Pace, PhD
  • Division of Biobehavioral Health Science
  • College of Nursing
  • University of Arizona
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