Counselling Psychology Quarterly
February 26, 2025
Vivien Iacob, Cláudia Carmo, Soraia Garcês et al.
1 citation
This research aimed to develop a Portuguese version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) short form and investigate its psychometric properties through two complementary studies. The first study included a sample of 337 participants. It analyzed the scale’s internal consistency, reliability, and factorial validity by conducting an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis using a...
Journal of Religion and Health
June 9, 2021
Barbara Stöckigt, Florian Jeserich, Harald Walach et al.
13 citations
The aim of this study is to explore experiences and perceived effects of the Rosary on issues around health and well-being, as well as on spirituality and religiosity. A qualitative study was conducted interviewing ten Roman Catholic German adults who regularly practiced the Rosary prayer. As a result of using a tangible prayer cord and from the rhythmic repetition of prayers, the participants...
Frontiers in Psychology
2020
Harald Walach
55 citations
Ontology, the ideas we have about the nature of reality, and epistemology, our concepts about how to gain knowledge about the world, are interdependent. Currently, the dominant ontology in science is a materialist model, and associated with it an empiricist epistemology. Historically speaking, there was a more comprehensive notion at the cradle of modern science in the middle ages. Then...
Sage Open
June 14, 2019
Siobhan Lynch, Marie-Louise Gander, Ananda Nahar et al.
The benefits of mindfulness for a variety of clinical and nonclinical populations are well established and there is growing interest in the potential of mindfulness in higher education. This article reports on the results from a randomized wait-list controlled study of Mindfulness-Based Coping With University Life (MBCUL), an adaption of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for university...
Frontiers in Psychology
2014
Thilo Hinterberger, Stephanie Schmidt, Tsutomu Kamei et al.
130 citations
Many neuroscientific theories explain consciousness with higher order information processing corresponding to an activation of specific brain areas and processes. In contrast, most forms of meditation ask for a down-regulation of certain mental processing activities while remaining fully conscious. To identify the physiological properties of conscious states with decreased mental and cognitive...
Stress and Health
December 1, 2011
Siobhan Lynch, Marie-Louise Gander, Niko Kohls et al.
AbstractThe aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of implementing a new 8‐week mindfulness‐based programme, ‘Mindfulness‐Based Coping with University Life’ (MBCUL), specifically tailored to the needs and demand of students and to explore its impact in a pilot evaluation. Participants were drawn from the University of Northampton (MBCUL N = 10; control N = 6). A non‐randomized...
Philos Ethics Humanit Med
May 17, 2011
Sebastian Sauer, Siobhan Lynch, Harald Walach et al.
51 citations
Mindfulness as a clinical and nonclinical intervention for a variety of symptoms has recently received a substantial amount of interest. Although the application of mindfulness appears straightforward and its effectiveness is well supported, the concept may easily be misunderstood. This misunderstanding may severely limit the benefit of mindfulness-based interventions. It is therefore necessary...
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
April 28, 2011
Lone Overby Fjorback, Mikkel Arendt, Eva Ørnbøl et al.
810 citations
UNLABELLED: Fjorback LO, Arendt M, Ørnbøl E, Fink P, Walach H. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the evidence for MBSR and MBCT. METHOD: Systematic searches of Medline, PsycInfo and Embase were performed in October 2010. MBSR, MBCT and Mindfulness Meditation were...
Pain
February 2011
Stefan Schmidt, Paul Grossman, Barbara Schwarzer et al.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a structured 8-week group program teaching mindfulness meditation and mindful yoga exercises. MBSR aims to help participants develop nonjudgmental awareness of moment-to-moment experience. Fibromyalgia is a clinical syndrome with chronic pain, fatigue, and insomnia as major symptoms. Efficacy of MBSR for enhanced well-being of fibromyalgia patients...
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
September 1, 2009
Niko Kohls, Harald Walach, George Lewith
31 citations
Both spiritual experiences and mindfulness as a psychological variable have been identified as components of wellbeing and health. As there is uncertainty about their relationship, we have investigated the impact of spiritual experiences and mindfulness as well as their interaction on distress in chronically ill patients. The unidimensional Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), the...
Transpersonal Psychology Review
September 1, 2008
Harald Walach
Narcissism comes in two variants: Ego-inflation and the Moses complex. While the former is exhibited by pathological grandiosity, the latter is marked by excessive self-devaluation and lack of self-esteem. In group contexts, both are found in the symbiotic appearance of charismatic leaders and worshipping followers. Both are subtle forms of spiritual defense mechanisms against the true...
Transpersonal Psychology Review
2007
Harald Walach
Transpersonal psychologists often subscribe to what I call here a Naïve Objectivism of Introspective Data (NOISED) approach to inner experience. This has been criticised. I propose here to take introspective data seriously, but not naively so. Trying to hold the middle-ground, it is argued that similar to science proper, a future transpersonal methodology will have to make an important step...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2005
Harald Walach
5 citations
The Higher Self is a concept introduced by Roberto Assagioli, the founder of psychosynthesis, into transpersonal psychology. This notion is explained and linked up with the Western mystical tradition. Here, coming from antiquity and specifically from the neo-Platonic tradition, a similiar concept has been developed which became known as the spark of the soul, or summit of the mind. This history...
Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie
2005
Harald Walach, Niko Kohls, Wilfried Belschner
Transpersonal psychology represents a perspective which has gained importance in psychological research and clinical practice over the last years. This paper offers an overview on the history and the sources of transpersonal psychology. Additionally, important themes and topics of transpersonal psychology will be discussed such as a) the importance of spirituality in psychotherapy and...
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
December 2002
Marcus Majumdar, Paul Grossman, Barbara Dietz-Waschkowski et al.
This exploratory study is the first systematic outcome evaluation to examine the effects of an 8-week meditation-based program in mindfulness in a German sample. Twenty-one (21) participants with chronic physical, psychologic, or psychosomatic illnesses were examined in a longitudinal pretest and post-treatment design with a 3-month follow-up. Both quantitative and qualitative data were...