Annals of Behavioral Medicine
June 1, 2008
Ivan Nyklíček, Karlijn F. Kuijpers
535 citations
A randomized controlled trial compared mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with a waiting-list control in 60 community adults (40 women, 20 men; mean age 43.6 years) experiencing distress. MBSR led to significantly greater reductions in perceived stress and vital exhaustion, and greater increases in positive affect, quality of life, and mindfulness. When mindfulness was accounted for, the effects on stress and quality of life became nonsignificant, suggesting that increased mindfulness may partially mediate MBSR's benefits.
International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP
January 1, 2023
Fabio Giommi, Prisca R. Bauer, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana et al.
70 citations
Rigidity, or inflexibility, is a core feature of transdiagnostic processes underlying many mental health disorders. The pattern theory of self (PTS) defines the self as a dynamic, nonlinear pattern of multiple interacting processes. Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) can reduce rigid, habitual self-patterns, thereby improving mental health. MBIs alter psychological and behavioral aspects of the self-pattern and can shift the entire self-pattern as a gestalt. Neuroscientific evidence shows that the phenomenology of the self is reflected in cortical networks, and meditation alters these networks. Combining PTS and neuroscientific findings may deepen understanding of psychopathology and improve diagnosis and treatment.
Mindfulness
May 14, 2024
Ivan Nyklíček, G.J.M. van Boxtel, Loek J. van der Donk et al.
2 citations
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training reduced general negative affect and increased heart rate variability from before to after the intervention. However, out of six physiological measures taken during a stressful recall task, only a decrease in gamma brainwave power at a frontal electrode site was significant. The subjective improvements in distress were not related to the physiological changes. The findings suggest that MBSR's benefits on general stress may not be clearly reflected in cardiac or cortical responses during recall of a recent stressful episode.
Mindfulness
September 1, 2020
Ivan Nyklíček, Renée Zonneveld, Johan Denollet
In a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), increases in introspective insight—but not introspective interest—mediated favorable changes in perceived stress, negative affect, positive affect, and psychological quality of life, even after accounting for changes in mindfulness skills. Neither introspective interest nor insight moderated MBSR's effects. The findings suggest that cultivating introspective insight may be a key mechanism through which mindfulness-based interventions improve well-being.
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
July 1, 2011
Dounya Schoormans, Ivan Nyklíček
Practitioners of mindfulness meditation and transcendental meditation did not differ in self-reported mindfulness skills or psychological well-being, despite differences in their meditation techniques. All facets of mindfulness correlated with well-being measures across both groups. The frequency of meditation practice, measured in days per week, was the only factor that predicted higher mindfulness and lower perceived stress. The study suggests that how often one meditates may matter more for mindfulness and well-being than the specific type of meditation practiced. The groups differed in demographics, which were statistically accounted for.