Scientific Reports
April 30, 2025
Matt Bradshaw, Victor Counted, Tim Lomas et al.
Few studies have examined how childhood experiences and characteristics shape daily prayer or meditation in adulthood across countries around the world using nationally-representative data. The current study addresses this limitation by analyzing data from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS), an international survey of 202,898 individuals from 22 geographically, economically, and culturally...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 6, 2021
Paul T. P. Wong, Gökmen Arslan, Victoria L. Bowers et al.
80 citations
The age of COVID-19 calls for a different approach toward global well-being and flourishing through the transcendence suffering as advocated by existential positive psychology. In the present study, we primarily explained what self-transcendence is and why it represents the most promising path for human beings to flourish through the transformation of suffering in a difficult and uncertain...
The Oxford Handbook of Meditation
October 4, 2019
Tim Lomas
1 citation
Abstract This chapter offers an overview of the intricate connections between meditation and emotion. It begins by outlining a framework for understanding meditation, whereby practices can be classified according to four key parameters: behaviors of mind; object; attitude; and form. It also introduces some basic ideas around the nature of emotions, and affective experience more broadly. After...
The Journal of Positive Psychology
September 30, 2018
Tim Lomas, Joan Carles Medina, Itai Ivtzan et al.
236 citations
Given the demanding nature of many professions, efforts are ongoing to develop initiatives to improve occupational wellbeing, including mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). To assess the efficacy of MBIs, meta-analytic procedures were conducted on 35 randomized controlled trials derived from an earlier inclusive systematic literature search (covering all occupations, MBIs, and...
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
March 12, 2018
Tim Lomas
28 citations
The notion of spirituality is increasingly prominent in academic and cultural discourse alike. However, it remains a nebulous concept, capable of diverse interpretations, particularly cross-culturally. In the interest of exploring this diversity, yet also with the aim of identifying common themes, an enquiry was conducted into conceptualizations of spirituality across cultures. Specifically,...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
March 2018
Tim Lomas, Juan Carlos Medina, Itai Ivtzan et al.
Among efforts to improve the well-being of healthcare professionals are initiatives based around mindfulness meditation. To understand the value of such initiatives, we conducted a systematic review of empirical studies pertaining to mindfulness in healthcare professionals. Databases were reviewed from the start of records to January 2016. Eligibility criteria included empirical analyses of...
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
April 19, 2017
Tim Lomas, Joan Carles Medina, Itai Ivtzan et al.
231 citations
Work can be demanding, imposing challenges that can be detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers. Efforts are therefore underway to develop practices and initiatives that may improve occupational well-being. These include interventions based on mindfulness meditation. This paper offers a systematic review of empirical studies featuring analyses of mindfulness in occupational...
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
2015
Tim Lomas, Itai Ivtzan, Cynthia H.Y. Fu
510 citations
Mindfulness meditation has been purported as a beneficial practice for wellbeing. It would be expected that the neurophysiology of mindfulness would reflect this impact on wellbeing. However, investigations of the effect of mindfulness have generated mixed reports of increases, decreases, as well as no differences in EEG oscillations in comparison with a resting state and a variety of tasks. We...