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Participants were randomly assigned to the intervention (n=106) or waitlist control groups (n=107). Participants in the intervention group practiced guided mindfulness meditation every day at their convenience via an app on their cell phones for 8 weeks. The app provides an 8-week program with 4 meditation contents per 2 weeks. Participants in the waitlist control group lived as usual for 8 weeks. We conducted web-based questionnaires to assess participants\u2019 general psychological (life satisfaction, perceived stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms, trait anger, and mindfulness), work-related (work performance, job satisfaction, quantitative job overload, and job control), family-related (family satisfaction and partner satisfaction), and work-to-family conflict indicators.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n An analysis of covariance, controlled for preintervention scores, revealed that the intervention significantly increased life satisfaction (b=1.47, \u03b2=0.11; P=.005) and decreased perceived stress (b=\u20132.00, \u03b2=\u20130.17; P=.01), depressive and anxiety symptoms (b=\u20131.24, \u03b2=\u20130.15; P=.02), and trait anger (reaction; b=\u20130.59, \u03b2=\u20130.11; P=.04). The intervention group demonstrated significantly increased life satisfaction (t93=\u20133.36; P=.001) and decreased depressive and anxiety symptoms (t93=2.35; P=.02).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The app was effective in reducing perceived stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and trait anger (reaction), and in improving life satisfaction among working women. 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