Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
August 1, 2018
Jinsun Yong, Junyang Park, Juhu Kim et al.
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the Holy Name Meditation on cancer patients’ spiritual well-being, anxiety, depression, and pain. Twenty-eight patients were enrolled in the control group, and 18 patients were selected for the experimental group. Only the patients in the experimental group completed 5 weeks of the Holy Name Meditation Program. All participants were surveyed...
Women’s Health Bulletin
July 28, 2018
Fatemeh Abbasi, Kajal Shariati, Fakhri Tajikzadeh
6 citations
Background: Social anxiety is a clinical pattern of self-protection social behaviors that coincides with severe anxiety regarding negative reactions such as critique, being ridiculed, miss-communication, or miss-behaviors against others. Objectives: This research investigated the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the reduction of...
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
July 19, 2018
Dorothy A. Sisk
Intellectually gifted students have emotional intensity and mental processing that is outside of the norm for their age group and they often manifest anxiety about school and have difficulties in peer interaction.This anxiety often results in migraine headaches and a feeling of being "out of sync" with both school and their peers.Programs focusing on building motivation, self-concept and...
Neuropharmacology
July 15, 2018
Ashley M Fortress, Ian M Smith, Kevin C H Pang
Anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) share a common feature of pathological avoidance behavior. The Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rat has been used as a model of anxiety vulnerability, expressing a behaviorally inhibited temperament, acquiring avoidance behavior more rapidly and displaying extinction-resistant avoidance compared to Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. Subanesthetic levels of...
Journal des adolescens
July 13, 2018
Helena Moreira, Maria C Canavarro
The current study aims to investigate whether mindful parenting and adolescents' dispositional mindfulness differ as a function of maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms and to explore the moderating role of these symptoms on the relationship between mindful parenting and adolescents' dispositional mindfulness. A sample of 685 mother-adolescent dyads was collected in Portuguese public...
Holistic Nursing and Health Science
July 10, 2018
Sang Ayu Ketut Candrawati, Meidiana Dwidiyanti, Rita Hadi Widyastuti
33 citations
Background: Anxiety is one of the psychological problems which can develop in the elderly. If left untreated, it can decrease the productivity and quality of life. Mindfulness with Gayatri mantra is such a complementary therapy which is effective to reduce anxiety in the elderly. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of mindfulness with Gayatri mantra on decreasing...
Holistic Nursing and Health Science
July 10, 2018
Reza Indra Wiguna, Meidiana Dwidiyanti, Sri Padma Sari
9 citations
Background: Anxiety and stress in nursing students has been shown to result in a lack of concentration, reduced learning productivity, and unfavorable physiological effects. This can cause a bad risk to the academic process of nursing students. A positive coping mechanism to reduce anxiety can be performed through various mindfulness training to support the academic success of nursing...
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
July 3, 2018
Jan Sundquist, Karolina Palmér, Ashfaque A. Memon et al.
Although mindfulness‐based group therapies (MGTs) for depressive, anxiety or stress and adjustment disorders are promising, there is a substantial lack of knowledge regarding the long‐term improvements after such therapies in these common psychiatric disorders.
Journal of Research in Music Education
July 1, 2018
Frank M. Diaz
I examined the use of meditation practices among collegiate-level musicians ( N = 255), along with the degree to which these practices contributed to music performance anxiety (MPA) when controlling for trait perfectionism and trait mindfulness. Findings indicated that approximately 48% of the participants sampled had engaged in meditation during the past 6 months and that, holding mindfulness...
Evaluation Study of Three Diagnostic Methods for Helicobacter pylori Infection
July 1, 2018
Pegah Seidi, Abubakr Ahmad
5 citations
This study aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on reducing of test anxiety in students. The research method was Quasi experimental with pretest-posttest and control groups. The statistical population consisted of all students at the University of Garmian in the 2017-2018 academic years. Sample was selected among them by using the result of Spielberger's Test...