Mindfulness-based programmes and 'bigger than self' issues: protocol for a scoping review.
Robert John Callen-Davies, Jamie Bristow, Taranah Gazder, Gemma M Griffith, Yasmin Noorani, Rebecca Susan Crane
BMJ Open March 15, 2023 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067819 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Scoping review protocol Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Humans Narration Peer review Research design Databases, factual Academies and institutes Public health Social medicine Qualitative research |
| Key findings | The protocol proposes that a scoping review can map how mindfulness-based programmes may shift benefits from individual outcomes toward 'bigger than self' prosocial and collective change, and will describe the literature's quality, trends, theoretical models and gaps. The authors contend that such a review can inform and empower individual and collective responses to societal and global issues. |
Abstract
Introduction: Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) have an established, growing evidence base as interventions to optimise health, well-being and performance of individual participants. Emerging evidence suggests that MBPs also enhance prosociality, encouraging individuals to contribute to positive social change. This study focuses on the potential of MBPs to facilitate development of participants' inner resources that support prosocial shifts. The review seeks to detect shifts in MBP benefit from individual toward 'bigger than self', informing and empowering individual and collective responses to complex societal and global issues. The review aims to map current literature on MBPs and social change, into a descriptive overview with commentary on quality, trends, theoretical models and gaps, and on how training in MBPs potentially enables individual and collective responses to societal and global issues. Recommendations for future directions for researchers seeking to advance this evidence base, and practitioners developing innovative MBPs for this purpose will be provided. Methods and analysis: A scoping review of peer-reviewed literature will be undertaken and reported on according to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidance. Systematic searches of four scientific databases will be undertaken to identify potentially eligible articles published from all time to current date. Data will be extracted using an extraction template and analysed descriptively using narrative synthesis. Ethics and dissemination: This scoping review involves no human participants, so ethics is not required. Findings will be shared through professional networks, conference presentations and journal publication.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cited by 2
- Mindfulness, Loving-Kindness, and Compassion-Based Meditation Interventions and Adult Attachment Orientations: A Systematic Map. Behavioral Sciences January 24, 2025
- A protocol for a critical realist synthesis of school mindfulness interventions designed to promote pupils' mental wellbeing. Frontiers in Public Health 2023
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- Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation Perspectives on Psychological Science October 10, 2017
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