Introduction: Police personnel face high levels of stress and anxiety due to their exposure to traumatic and life-threatening situations. While traditional interventions are common, yoga has emerged as a promising alternative for mitigating stress and anxiety. This paper systematically reviews literature on the effectiveness of yoga-based interventions for police personnel, focusing on...
Insomnia is common in pregnancy and is associated with maladaptive sleep behaviors and poor emotion regulation. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) and Perinatal Understanding of Mindful Awareness for Sleep (PUMAS) are effective interventions for alleviating prenatal insomnia. However, clinical benefits outside the primary target of sleep remain unclear. This randomized controlled...
Introduction: In the modern educational era, students experience significant pressure due to parental and societal expectations. The fear of falling behind in an increasingly competitive examination environment makes them more susceptible to anxiety and stress. In Ayurveda, anxiety and stress are referred to as Chittodvega and are classified under Manasika Vikaras. Stress has become a...
This comparative study aims to investigate the anxiety levels between shooters who practice mindfulness and those who do not. A sample of 20 shooters was chosen, where each group had 10 athletes in it. A mixed-method design was chosen as it helped in integrating quantitative assessments with qualitative assessments to obtain a rich understanding of anxiety levels. To measure levels of anxiety,...
2026Sima Abdi Kazaj, Maedeh Ghanbari, Fataneh Espahbodi et al.
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in reducing social anxiety and enhancing psychological hardiness among adolescents with depression. Methods and Materials: The present study employed a quasi-experimental design with a pretest–posttest control group. The statistical population consisted of adolescents diagnosed with...
The present study aimed to examine the immediate and long-term effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on sleep problems and emotional health (depression and anxiety) of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), along with the mediating role of improvements in emotional health resulting from the intervention. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to allocate...
Despite growing interest in mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), robust evidence for their adjunctive use alongside first-line pharmacotherapy is scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of MBI as adjunct to pharmacotherapy in adults with GAD, assessing multidimensional outcomes. In this randomized controlled trial, 106 adults diagnosed with...
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on depression, anxiety, stress, and hopelessness among parents of children with autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder [ASD]). A pre-test-post-test, parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted in two institutions providing education for children with ASD in Konya, Türkiye. The sample included...
Music performance anxiety (MPA) can substantially impair musicians' learning, performance, and psychological functioning. Although mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) have shown promise for MPA, their pooled effects, boundary conditions, and mechanism-related commonalities remain insufficiently understood. Grounded in a dual-path explanatory framework emphasizing decentering...
Mindfulness meditation (MM) is a promising cognitive strategy that may facilitate motor learning by improving attention and reducing anxiety. Our study aimed to investigate the effects of guided MM on motor learning in healthy young adults. The study was conducted as randomised controlled trials where 24 meditation-naive participants underwent either a 10-min MM session or seated rest (CT)...