Mindfulness Interventions and Chronic Widespread Pain in Adolescents

Inclusion Criteria: * 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria based on the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and Symptom Severity (SS) checklist. * Functional Disability Score ≥13 indicating at least moderate disability * Average pain intensity in the past week ≥ 4 on a 0-10 cm Visual Analog Scale. * Access to mobile telephone/smartphone with text messaging plan in order to receive survey questions. * Chronic symptoms such as fatigue, pain, bowel dysfunction, perceived cognitive impairment, or other non-specific symptoms persisting for 3-months or more, severe enough to have led to more than one visit to a medical provider. These symptoms must have not been found to be due to a definable general medical disorder despite adequate evaluation. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of an autoimmune or rheumatologic disease * Current regular mindfulness meditation activity * Serious illness (including mental illness/psychopathology) within 90 days prior to screening * Inability or unwillingness of a parent to give consent/permission or child to assent * Current use of opioid analgesics * Current prescription for antidepressant medications * Screening positive on the Columbia Suicide Screen (CSS) * Active participation (weekly or more often) in a fibromyalgia or chronic disease support group