Mindfulness and psychological health in practitioners of Japanese martial arts: a cross-sectional study.
BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation December 7, 2020 Hiromitsu Miyata, Daisuke Kobayashi, Akifumi Sonoda et al.
Background: Empirical data have suggested that mind-body practices that originated in Eastern traditions can cause desirable changes to psychological traits, the brain, somatic physiological functions, etc. Martial arts in Japan refer to the physical/mental practices that were developed based on historical combat techniques. Today, martial arts are considered activities that seek embodiment...
DOI: 10.1186/s13102-020-00225-5 (opens in new tab)
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Depression
Japanese
Subjective well-being
Martial arts
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