Isbel, Ben http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6251-6238
Lagopoulos, Jim
Hermens, Daniel F.
Summers, Mathew J.
Article History
First Online: 8 February 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the University of the Sunshine Coast Human Research Ethics Committee (approval: HREC A-15-748), the Australian <i>National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research</i>, and the <i>Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association</i> (<i>Declaration of Helsinki</i>). In accordance with the latter two ethical statements which proscribe the use of no-treatment or placebo controls when existing effective treatment conditions exist, an active control condition consisting of a program of cognitive training was used as a comparison condition to assess the benefits of mindfulness training.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.