Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
January 28, 2016
Albert Feliu-Soler, Juan Carlos Pascual, Matilde Elices et al.
131 citations
Three weeks of loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKM/CM) increased acceptance of present-moment experience in patients with borderline personality disorder, compared with mindfulness continuation training. The LKM/CM group also showed remarkable improvements in borderline symptomatology, self-criticism, and self-kindness. LKM/CM appears to be a promising complementary strategy for inclusion in mindfulness-based interventions and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for treating core symptoms in borderline personality disorder.
Frontiers in Psychology
January 1, 2023
Jaime Navarrete, Marta Fontana-Mcnally, Ariadna Colomer-Carbonell et al.
9 citations
The Spanish versions of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS) and the State Mindfulness Scale (SMS) show adequate reliability and validity for measuring state mindfulness, though the SMS specific factors have poor reliability when controlling for the general factor. Data from six non-clinical Spanish samples (TMS n=119, SMS n=223) were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The best-fitting model for the TMS was a correlated two-factor structure (curiosity and decentering). For the SMS, a bifactor structure (general factor, mindfulness of body, and mindfulness of mind) fit best. Both scales detected changes in state mindfulness after meditation practices. The patterns of correlations with measures of trait mindfulness, decentering, non-attachment, depression, anxiety, stress, affect, self-criticism, and self-reassurance were mostly as expected.
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)
January 1, 2024
Sonia Medina, Owen O'Daly, Matthew A Howard et al.
5 citations
Mind-body treatments such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and a psychoeducational program (FibroQoL) reduced pain catastrophizing in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Using resting-state fMRI, the study found that MBSR specifically reduced functional connectivity within the sensorimotor network compared to a treatment-as-usual group. Baseline connectivity between the salience network and sensorimotor network predicted pain reduction differently for each treatment: negatively for MBSR and positively for FibroQoL, with large to very large effect sizes. Among MBSR patients with lower baseline connectivity, more mindfulness practice was linked to greater clinical improvement. These results suggest that different mind-body treatments engage distinct brain networks and that functional connectivity measures could serve as predictors of treatment response.
Frontiers in Psychology
January 1, 2024
Tania Badia-Aguarón, Estíbaliz Royuela-Colomer, Vanessa Pera-Guardiola et al.
1 citation
A 5-month randomized controlled trial will test whether adding Mindfulness for Health, cognitive training using the NeuronUP® platform, or their combination to usual care improves outcomes for 120 children aged 7–12 with ADHD. The study will assess ADHD symptoms, executive functions, and comorbid symptoms before and after the interventions and at a 5-month follow-up. It will also explore whether mindfulness and emotional regulation mediate clinical outcomes and whether certain characteristics predict treatment response. This is the first test of the combined intervention and of cognitive training alone in this setting, aiming to lay groundwork for a larger definitive trial.
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
May 14, 2026
Jaime Navarrete, Miguel A. García-Salvador, Carla Rodríguez-Freire et al.
A 7-week mindfulness-based intervention called 'Mindfulness to Promote Police Well-being' was tested with 61 trainee inspectors at the National Police Academy in Spain. Participants found the program logical, satisfactory, and useful. One cohort showed significant improvements in mental well-being, trait mindfulness, body awareness, general distress, and emotion regulation, with medium-to-large effects. Changes in well-being and distress were linked to changes in mindfulness, body awareness, and emotion regulation. The second cohort showed no significant changes, likely due to contextual differences. The study suggests that integrating mindfulness training into police academy infrastructure may be feasible and acceptable.
Mindfulness
January 1, 2022
Sonia Medina, Owen O'Daly, Matthew A Howard et al.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and a psychoeducational programme (FibroQoL) each produced distinct changes in brain activity and symptoms in people with fibromyalgia. Both treatments disrupted the typical link between clinical pain and brain perfusion, particularly in the insula, where perfusion changes correlated with pain improvement. Only FibroQoL decreased blood flow in the amygdala, and this change was accompanied by a decoupling of amygdala activity from pain catastrophizing and anxiety. Baseline blood flow in the anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula correlated positively with pain across all patients. These findings encourage research into predictors of treatment response.
Sonia Medina, Owen G. O’Daly, Matthew A. Howard et al.
Mind-body treatments such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and a psychoeducational programme (FibroQoL) reduced pain catastrophizing in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome, but their effects on brain functional connectivity differed. Baseline connectivity between the salience network and sensorimotor network predicted pain reduction in opposite directions for the two treatments: negative for MBSR, positive for FibroQoL. Minutes of mindfulness practice were associated with clinical improvement only in patients with lower baseline connectivity between the salience network and primary somatosensory cortex. The findings suggest that different mind-body treatments engage distinct brain network mechanisms and that measures of functional interplay may serve as predictors of treatment response.