Journal of College Teaching & Learning
January 25, 2011
Sandra A. Sessa
This paper is based on information researched and presented in a faculty development seminar for elementary teachers for use with students preparing for national testing to manage stress and increase attention focus. It reviews effects of stress on behavior, mood, and concentration; explains basics of breath work and meditation; provides meditation instructions in a simple and direct way; and...
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
January 21, 2011
Matthew J Williams, Freda McManus, Kate Muse et al.
96 citations
OBJECTIVE. Severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis) is a common and disabling condition for which existing psychological treatments have limited effects (Thomson & Page, 2007). Hence, it is a priority to examine both the efficacy and acceptability of new psychological treatments for health anxiety. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of participants with severe health anxiety...
Cognitive Therapy and Research
January 20, 2011
Catherine Crane, Rosie Winder, Emily Hargus et al.
47 citations
This study explored the immediate effects of a course of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for chronically depressed participants with a history of suicidality on the specificity of important goals for the future. Participants were randomly allocated to immediate treatment with MBCT or to a waitlist condition and life goals were assessed both before and after the treatment or waiting...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
January 19, 2011
Alberto Chiesa, Peter Malinowski
456 citations
Mindfulness-based approaches are increasingly employed as interventions for treating a variety of psychological, psychiatric and physical problems. Such approaches include ancient Buddhist mindfulness meditations such as Vipassana and Zen meditations, modern group-based standardized meditations, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and further...
Journal of Clinical Psycology
January 15, 2011
Mohammad Narimani, Saeed Ariapooran, Abbas Abolghasemi et al.
9 citations
Introduction: Poor mental health is one of the psychological problems in chemical weapon victims. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness and emotion regulation training on the mental health of chemical weapon victims. Method: An experimental design was conducted (pre-test, post-test and follow-up) with two experimental and one control groups. A sample of 47 chemical weapon...
Geriatric Nursing
January 15, 2011
Mindfulness meditation to improve care quality and quality of life in long-term care settings.
Rutgers University Community Repository
2011
Suzannah Iadarola
1 citation
Parents of children with autism are documented to report high levels of stress compared to parents of typically developing children, children with chronic illnesses, and children with other developmental disorders. Previous research has indicated both parent-focused and child-focused parent training programs as effective in alleviating parental stress and enhancing meaningful parent-child...
Eating Disorders
2011
Christine M Courbasson, Yasunori Nishikawa, Leah B Shapira
Individuals with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) often evidence comorbid Substance Use Disorders (SUD), resulting in poor outcome. This study is the first to examine treatment outcome for this concurrent disordered population. In this pilot study, 38 individuals diagnosed with BED and SUD participated in a 16-week group Mindfulness-Action Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MACBT). Participants...
2011
Christoffer A. Grant
Ninety-seven undergraduate students with a family history of hypertension participated in a study that evaluated the effects of a brief mindfulness-induction on cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to two stressors. Participants were randomized to either a mindfulness-induction or control condition and were then exposed to the cold pressor task (CPT) followed by the mirror-tracing task (MT)....
Journal of American College Health
2011
Sarah Grinnell, Geoffrey Greene, Kathleen Melanson et al.
Objective: To determine whether mindfulness is associated with physical and behavioral measures in first semester college students. Participants: Male and female first year college students (n = 75) from the University of Rhode Island. Methods: Height, weight, waist circumference (WC), and blood pressure were assessed and online questionnaires were completed. Independent t tests and Pearson...
Journal of Korean Medical Association
2011
Yune Sik Kang
6 citations
S tress management is important and various stress management methods are required in the area of clinical preventive services.Although defining stress is somewhat complicated, stress can usually be divided into two concepts, stressors and the stress reaction.Stressors are stimuli that arouse the stress reaction.Examples are disasters, life events requiring changes, and everyday hassles.The...
Mindfulness
2011
Justin Parent, Emily Garai, Rex Forehand et al.
The purpose of this study was to examine pathways in a model which proposed associations among parent mindfulness, parent depressive symptoms, two types of parenting, and child problem behavior. Participants' data were from the baseline assessment of a NIMH-sponsored Family-Group Cognitive-Behavioral intervention program (FGCB) for the prevention of child and adolescent depression (Compas et...
2011
Matthew Chu Ho-tat
A growing body of research has supported the benefits of mindfulness practice. However, not many studies investigated its effects on positive human functioning. In addition, most studies treated mindfulness as skills and techniques for achieving bare awareness, without addressing its philosophical underpinnings. In the Buddhist tradition, mindfulness is paying close attention to one’s immediate...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
2011
L Ram Gopal Reddy, Srinivas Kuntamalla
Heart rate variability analysis is fast gaining acceptance as a potential non-invasive means of autonomic nervous system assessment in research as well as clinical domains. In this study, a new nonlinear analysis method is used to detect the degree of nonlinearity and stochastic nature of heart rate variability signals during two forms of meditation (Chi and Kundalini). The data obtained from...
Journal of Aesthetic Education
2011
Eric Mullis
1 citation
Reviewed by: Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics Eric C. Mullis Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics, by Richard Shusterman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 239 pp., $20.00 paperback. One aspect of Richard Shusterman’s work is indicative of a broad movement to develop a robust philosophy of embodiment. Thinkers from diverse...
International Journal of MS Care
2011
The objective of this study was to determine whether meditation affects pain and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and peripheral neuropathy (PN). A total of 22 patients (10 with MS, 12 with PN) participated in a weekly meditation class over a 2-month period. A total of 18 controls (7 with MS, 11 with PN) received standard care. Primary outcome assessments were based on the...
2011
Robert P. Waxler, Maureen P. Hall
This chapter focuses on the anti-thesis of digital technologies, what Tobin Hart refers to as our interiority. The roots of much of what is called present moment find their origins in ancient India, where the practice of education centered on developing focused awareness in individuals, and ethical service for society. According to the chapter, deep reading can be connected to wisdom tradition....
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
2011
Does meditation play an integral role in achieving high-level wellness as defined by Travis and Ryan (2004)?
Biofeedback
2011
Adam Burke, Autumn Gonzalez
6 citations
Meditation is a self-regulatory, mind-body process used to help engage attention and awareness, and to produce a state of inner quiescence. It has been used as a self-transformative practice for millennia, most notably in the Far East. Interest in meditation was evident in the United States in the late 19th century, and began to flourish during the early 1960s as Transcendental Meditation, Zen,...
Biofeedback
2011
Lawrence Edwards
Biofeedback has its beginnings in research conducted on yogis and Zen masters decades ago. Research shows the pervasive positive impact that meditative and mindfulness practices have on individuals. Mindfulness-based practices have been taken out of their broader contexts—extracted from deeper systems of yogic and Buddhist disciplines. Clinicians need to be aware of the unintended consequences...