Levinas radicalized Heidegger’s hermeneutic moods into intensely embodied states and affects, pointing toward their intersubjective connections. His early work challenged Heidegger’s intellectualist approach to affective tonalities, arguing that our experience of “Being” occurs in bodily modes, from nausea to shame to escapist pleasures. Following his famous treatise on welcoming the “Other” in...
Objectives University students experience heightened levels of stress and are seeking mental health services with increasing frequency. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may be an effective resource for managing stress. The present study examined the effectiveness of an MBI in reducing stress, anxiety, and rumination compared to active and traditional control conditions.Methods...
Background and Objective: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), known as an obsessive-compulsive disorder, is considered a risk factor for mental health and well-being, especially during adolescence and particularly among adolescent girls. Body image anxiety and suicidal ideation are two categories of complications that have been linked to BDD. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of...
Hospitalization of COVID- 19 patients may lead to the development of varied levels of anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. The present study was conceptualized to investigate the effect of guided meditation on anxiety, depression, and sleep quality among the hospitalized Covid-19 patients in a tertiary care facility. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 COVID-19 patients were...
Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of meditation on depression, anxiety, and stress levels of university students. Design and Methods: In the study, the data were collected using personal information form and Depression, anxiety, and stress scale. The meditation group performed a 20-minute attention and awareness meditation once a week for 8 weeks. Findings: As a result...
Introduction: Meditation encompasses any practice that connects an individual to their inner self. All these practices essentially serve to relax and divert both the mind and the body away from worries and concerns. The popularity of meditation has grown tremendously in the last century. Due to its correlation with mental health, research efforts spiked to uncover an association. Purpose: The...
This study investigated the impact of pranayamic breathing (PB) as a positive psychology exercise on mitigating foreign language anxiety (FLLA) and test anxiety (TA) of undergraduate English students studying at a Turkish university. Additionally, the study examined the effects of PB on academic achievement in listening and reading comprehension skills of the participants as well as exploring...
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a mindful parenting style on reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in single-parent women. Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental with experimental and evidence group and pre-test-post-test design with quarterly follow-up. The statistical population was 1730 single women in Isfahan in 1396. The research samples were...
Anxiety disorders make up the most prevalent class of mental illnesses. Given the growing prevalence of anxiety in the United States and beyond, there is an urgent clinical need to develop nonpharmacologic treatments that effectively treat and reduce its core symptoms (eg, worry). A leading theory posits that although worrying may be unpleasant, the immediate emotions that are avoided by...
BACKGROUND: The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world and has created a level of fear, uncertainty that has an impact on several aspects of life including mental health. The rapid spread of the Corona Virus or COVID-19 throughout the world has damaged the order of life starting from the economy, social, politics, education, culture, religion and health....