Journal of Medical Internet Research
October 19, 2018
Christine Moberg, Andrea N. Niles, D. Beermann
Background Despite substantial improvements in technology and the increased demand for technology-enabled behavioral health tools among consumers, little progress has been made in easing the burden of mental illness. This may be because of the inherent challenges of conducting traditional clinical trials in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. Objective This study sought to validate the...
Journal of Happiness Studies
October 9, 2018
Richard E. Whitehead, G. Bates, Brad Elphinstone et al.
The Buddhist construct of nonattachment is a related, yet distinct construct to mindfulness. Whereas mindfulness refers to an individual’s open, present-centred awareness of what is happening in their field of consciousness, nonattachment denotes an absence of attempts to control what is happening in their field of consciousness. The aim of the present research was to determine whether...
OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
October 7, 2018
Paul A. Barclay, Clint A. Bowers
(1) Background: Meditation is a common intervention for college students suffering from issues with anxiety. Due to this popularity, several meditation-based video games have been released which can be used to supplement or motivate meditation practice. However, these tools are not often given scrutiny in a laboratory setting before being released to the public. Our lab conducted a brief...
Psychology, Health & Medicine
October 4, 2018
Kristen M. Kraemer, Alison McLeish
The aim of the current study was to examine the unique role of mindfulness skills in terms of: (1) asthma-related outcomes (i.e., asthma control, asthma quality of life); (2) depression symptoms; and (3) anxiety symptomatology (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, panic symptoms, global anxiety) among non-smoking adults with current asthma. Participants were 61 (61.9% female; Mage = 34.72 years, SD =...
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
October 2018
Marina Boni, Robert Schütze, Robert T Kane et al.
There is accumulating evidence that yoga and mindfulness meditation can alleviate symptoms of anxiety, although the mechanisms by which this occurs remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between yoga practice and self-reported anxiety as well as the potential mediating roles of mindfulness and emotional avoidance. Using a cross-sectional design, 367...
September 14, 2018
Kelli Nigh
[abstract: In response to the World Health Organization’s invitation to talk openly about anxious feelings and depression, this chapter examines the coexistence between spirituality and anxiety through the lives of two women. Employing a transpersonal framework and a phenomenological research methodology, this pilot study reports on spiritual experience, encounters with anxiety, moments of...
Journal of American College Health
September 13, 2018
J. Tubbs, J. Savage, A. Adkins et al.
Abstract Objective: To explore the relations between trauma exposure and anxiety and depression among college students, and to determine whether trait mindfulness may moderate these relations. Participants: Self-report survey data from 2,336 college sophomores were drawn from a larger university-wide study (“Spit for Science”). Methods: We constructed multiple linear regression models using...
Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
September 11, 2018
Emily M. O'Bryan, Christina M. Luberto, Kristen M. Kraemer et al.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Affect tolerance factors, including anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, and emotional distress tolerance, have been implicated in the exacerbation of health anxiety. Therefore, identifying methods to improve affect tolerance in health anxious populations is imperative. Despite the link between mindfulness and greater affect tolerance in...
NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship
September 11, 2018
Rebekah C. Knight
This study examines how emotion regulation (suppression and mindfulness) during stimulus encoding impacts feelings of anxiety at re-exposure. Prior research suggests that suppression is ineffective at changing negative feelings short-term, instead prolonging or exacerbating negative emotions over time. Mindfulness-based therapies, however, have been shown to reduce chronic negative affect in...
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
September 8, 2018
Hamid Mohsenabadi, Mohammad Javad Shabani, Zahra Zanjani
17 citations
Background: In recent years, application and practice of mindfulness-based interventions to reduce adolescent psychological problems are increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to design and study tools that measure mindfulness and its effects. Objectives: One of the available tools to measure mindfulness in adolescents is the mindfulness attention awareness scale for adolescents (MAAS-A). The...