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Published on in Vol 13 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/90602, first published .
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Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Reported Adverse Experiences in Digital Meditation Training: 2 Randomized Controlled Trials

Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Reported Adverse Experiences in Digital Meditation Training: 2 Randomized Controlled Trials

Polina Beloborodova   1 * , PhD ;   Lillian M Smith   1, 2 * , BA ;   Kevin M Riordan   1, 2 , PhD ;   Otto Simonsson   1, 3 , PhD ;   Lilah T Dottori   1 , BA ;   Helen Q Song   1 , BA ;   Nicholas S Shashko   1 , BA ;   Raquel Tatar   4 , PhD ;   Scott A Baldwin   5 , PhD ;   Amit Bernstein   1, 2 , PhD ;   John D Dunne   1, 6 , PhD ;   Richard J Davidson   1, 7, 8 , PhD ;   Matthew J Hirshberg   1 , PhD ;   Simon B Goldberg   1, 2 , PhD

1 Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States

2 Department of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States

3 Center for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden

4 Humin, Madison, WI, United States

5 Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States

6 Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States

7 Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States

8 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Simon B Goldberg, PhD
  • Center for Healthy Minds
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison
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  • Email: sbgoldberg@wisc.edu