Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common pregnancy complication associated with substantial maternal and fetal health risks. Apart from metabolic disturbances, a confirmed GDM diagnosis often elicits anxiety, depression, and diabetes-specific distress, which may activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, exacerbate insulin resistance, and undermine glycemic regulation,...
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Patients with head and neck malignancies frequently experience substantial psychological distress and functional impairment during radiotherapy, yet structured interventions targeting both domains are lacking. This prospective controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) program on anxiety and functional recovery in individuals undergoing...
Objective: This study examines the mediating roles of two facets of decentering - self-as-context and cognitive defusion - in the relationship between mindfulness and stress among undergraduate students. Participants: 204 undergraduate students from a U.S. university participated in the study. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed, utilizing self-report measures to assess mindfulness,...
ABSTRACT “Time-consciousness” (Zeitbewusstsein) constitutes the core of Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology. Extending from a project of reviving the comparative method, we develop Husserl’s phenomenological analysis of time as a method of literary comparison. Three views of time set the stage: the quatrain “Luán’s Fall” (⟪欒家瀨⟫) by the eighth-century Chinese poet Wang Wei, a stanza from the poem...