Frontiers in Psychology
2024
Ivana Buric, Maja Wrzesien, Jelica Milojičić et al.
1 citation
Self-compassion is a fundamental aspect of psychological health and well-being that can be cultivated through self-compassion meditations, but it remains unclear how to facilitate this most effectively. This study is the first to explore whether sensory and semantic priming introduced prior to a guided self-compassion meditation could enhance the effects of meditation in comparison with a...
Mindfulness
July 16, 2019
Anna Ridderinkhof, Esther I. de Bruin, René Blom et al.
2 citations
Mindfulness-based programs could support children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents to cope with autism spectrum symptoms and reduce comorbid mental health problems. In this study, we aimed to explore which change processes are involved in a mindfulness-based program for children with ASD and their parents (MYmind), according to a qualitative analysis of the families’...
Journal of Attention Disorders
September 15, 2018
Anna Ridderinkhof, Esther I. de Bruin, Sanne van den Driesschen et al.
52 citations
Objective: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show atypical attention. Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs), with self-regulation of attention as a basic component, could benefit these children. Method: We investigated how 49 children with ASD differed from 51 typically developing (TD) children in their attention systems; and whether their attention systems were improved by an MBP for...
Mindfulness
October 5, 2017
Anna Ridderinkhof, Esther I. de Bruin, René Blom et al.
145 citations
A combined mindfulness-based program for children and their parents (MYmind) was beneficial for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this study, we investigated whether this program is also beneficial for younger children with ASD, whether effects last on the long-term, and whether it reduces common comorbid problems. Forty-five children referred with ASD aged 8 until 19 years...
January 2, 2017
Anna Ridderinkhof, E. D. de Bruin, E. Brummelman et al.
Abstract Cultivating empathy is a presumed benefit of mindfulness, but this possibility has rarely been investigated experimentally. We examined whether a five-minute mindfulness exercise would cultivate empathy relative to two equally brief control exercises: relaxation and mind-wandering. We further examined whether mindfulness would be especially beneficial for people with autistic or...