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Rahil Rojiani

3 papers in the library · 312 citations · publishing 2015-2025

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Love as decolonial praxis: Co-creation of a community-based critical contemplative dialogue intervention.

American Psychologist 2025 Dominique A Malebranche, Rahil Rojiani, River Chevannes et al. 1 citation

For all the gifts of healing that the field of psychology has offered, its colonial roots of disconnection and domination continue to obstruct collective well-being in three particular ways: individualism, disembodiment, and secularization. We offer a healing and liberatory antidote: love as a decolonial praxis of reconnection to each other, to our bodies, and to Spirit. We reflexively...

Women Benefit More Than Men in Response to College-based Meditation Training.

Frontiers in Psychology 2017 Rahil Rojiani, Juan F. Santoyo, Hadley Rahrig et al. 232 citations

Objectives: While recent literature has shown that mindfulness training has positive effects on treating anxiety and depression, there has been virtually no research investigating whether effects differ across genders-despite the fact that men and women differ in clinically significant ways. The current study investigated whether college-based meditation training had different effects on...

A randomized controlled trial of smartphone-based mindfulness training for smoking cessation: a study protocol

BMC Psychiatry April 13, 2015 Kathleen A. Garrison, Prasanta Pal, Rahil Rojiani et al. 79 citations

BACKGROUND: Tobacco use is responsible for the death of about 1 in 10 individuals worldwide. Mindfulness training has shown preliminary efficacy as a behavioral treatment for smoking cessation. Recent advances in mobile health suggest advantages to smartphone-based smoking cessation treatment including smartphone-based mindfulness training. This study evaluates the efficacy of a smartphone...