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 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...
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...
International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine
2018
Itai Ivtzan
19 citations
Stress remains a common factor in modern work life, and resilience building strategies have been shown to support and enhance natural human adaptability in overcoming workplace stress.This study examines the resilience and well-being building efficacy of loving-kindness meditation (LKM).Following initial training with employees of Microsoft Corporation in the United Kingdom, through a seven...
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...
International Journal of Wellbeing
October 16, 2011
Itai Ivtzan, Hannah E. Gardner, Zhanar Smailova
24 citations
Actual/ideal self-discrepancy is the measurable difference between an individual's beliefs about who they think they are (actual self) and their image of the person they would ideally like to be (ideal self).When the self-discrepancy gap is small, higher psychological wellbeing exists.Mindfulness meditation, by means of greater awareness of the continuous fluctuation of thought from one point...