Personality and Individual Differences
June 1, 2018
Wei Xu, Xu Ding, P. Goh et al.
Abstract This study explored whether dispositional mindfulness moderated the relationship between depression and posttraumatic growth. A total of 435 Chinese adolescents who experienced a tornado in Yancheng city reported their level of depressive symptoms (The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children; CES-DC), posttraumatic growth (Posttraumatic Growth Inventory; PTGI)...
Saturday, 16 JUNE 2018
June 1, 2018
Khadija El Aoufy, Alessandra Pollina, F. Piccioli et al.
Background MBSR is a protocol, developed by John Kabat-Zinn, which fosters awareness by focusing on the present experience. Basing on scientific evidences, the numerous benefits of MBSR on diseases symptoms have been widely demonstrated.1–2 No studies have used MBSR on SSc.SSc is characterised by skin and systemic involvement: patients may complain for pain, psychological distress, concerns...
International Conference Intelligent Computing and Control Systems
June 1, 2018
Kajal S. Korde, P. Paikrao, N. Jadhav
Meditation imparts relaxation to the human being. Nowadays due to worrying and tense atmosphere, the meditation has become demanding solution to reduce physical and mental stress. The current experimentation aims at investigating the biomedical changes of meditation on the human brain. The term meditation refers to an extremely wide variety of practices. The central goal of these meditation...
Asian Nursing Research
June 1, 2018
H. Son, Eunsook Choi
Abstract Purpose The present study was to examine the effect of a meditation-based exercise program on the motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods Sixty three PD patients who were recruited from a university hospital were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 33) and to the control group (n = 30). Participants completed an 8-week Mindfulness Meditation-based...
School Psychology International
June 1, 2018
Dana Carsley, Nancy L. Heath
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a mindfulness art activity (mandala) with a free draw/colouring activity on test anxiety in adolescents with an examination of gender differences, and to assess the effect of dispositional mindfulness on students’ experience of mindfulness and test anxiety states. Participants were 193 Grade 8 students (56.6% female; M age = 13.49...
BMJ Open
June 1, 2018
Clare Samantha Rees, Mark A. Craigie, Susan Slatyer et al.
24 citations
INTRODUCTION: The Mindful Self-Care and Resiliency (MSCR) programme is a brief psychosocial intervention designed to promote resilience among various occupational groups. The intervention is based on the principles of mindfulness and also incorporates an educational self-care component. The current paper presents the protocol for a pilot study that will evaluate the effectiveness of this...
Gadjah Mada Journal of Professional Psychology
June 1, 2018
Munazilah Munazilah, Nida Ul Hasanat
Abstract. This study was conducted in individuals with chronic diseases, namely coronary heart disease (CHD). Individuals with CHD experience changes in various aspects of life that create stress in the form of anxiety. The MBSR program can improve the parasympathetic nervous system, reduce the production of adrenaline and epinephrine so that symptoms of stress and anxiety can decrease. The...
Journal of International Buddhist Studies
June 1, 2018
Yuttapong Chatchawanwan
This study attempts to analyze the result of the relationship between cycling and mindfulness practice. While human being is fully occupied and has limited time joining meditation in the temple, applying sport exercised in routine’s daily life became another choice in order to be mindful. This study applied qualitative method by analyze former sport science researches that related to benefits...
Chronic illness
June 2018
Robert Simpson, Sharon Byrne, Karen Wood et al.
Objectives To gather views from patients with multiple sclerosis after completing a standard eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction course and optimise and test a modified version as required. Methods Two successive groups of 25 multiple sclerosis patients received mindfulness-based stress reduction in a wait-list randomised controlled trial. Seventeen participants and two...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
June 2018
Astrid Meesters, Yvo M C In Den Bosch-Meevissen, Chantal A H Weijzen et al.
Psychological factors have been shown to influence the process of wound healing. This study examined the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on the speed of wound healing. The local production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors was studied as potential underlying mechanism. Forty-nine adults were randomly allocated to a waiting-list control group (n = 26) or an...
Clinical journal of oncology nursing
June 1, 2018
Elizabeth A Vaclavik, Beth A Staffileno, Elizabeth Carlson
Studies have shown that the moral distress experienced by nurses affects patient outcomes and staff engagement. The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to implement a process for staff to cope with moral distress. The 21-item Moral Distress Scale-Revised (MDS-R) was administered pre- and postintervention to a sample of 56 oncology nurses to assess moral distress and whether it...
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
June 2018
Eliza Hoxhaj, C Sadohara, P Borel et al.
Mindfulness training is a promising treatment approach in adult ADHD. However, there has not yet been a randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness to an active control condition. In this study, we assessed the efficacy of a mindfulness training program (MAP) compared to structured psychoeducation (PE). After randomization 81 medication-free adult ADHD patients participated either in an...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
June 2018
Eva Andreotti, Anne Congard, Sarah Le Vigouroux et al.
This preliminary study aimed to understand the effects of an autonomous mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on mindlessness propensities: rumination, automatic pilot functioning, and attentional distractibility. The ecological momentary assessment was completed by community participants assigned to two nonrandomized groups: an experimental group (n = 45) that practiced 20-minute daily...
Clinical Psychology Forum
June 1, 2018
Kate Williams, Kelly Birtwell
2 citations
Recent NHS initiatives aim to increase the implementation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). We highlight considerations for maintaining integrity whilst increasing access through an enhanced understanding of the complexity of MBCT, teacher training requirements, good practice guidelines, and the evidence base.
Medical Laboratory Journal
June 1, 2018
Mohammad Taghi Badeleh, Robabeh Noori, Alireza Moradi
Background and Objectives: Cancer and its conventional treatments may bring about some psychological and health-related symptoms leading to unstable cortisol level.Since evidence has shown that mindfulness based approaches can be helpful to reduce cortisol level, we aimed at investigating the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on decreasing salivary cortisol level in the...
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
June 1, 2018
Meagan B. MacKenzie, Kayleigh A. Abbott, Nancy L. Kocovski
69 citations
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was developed to prevent relapse in individuals with depressive disorders. This widely used intervention has garnered considerable attention and a comprehensive review of current trends is warranted. As such, this review provides an overview of efficacy, mechanisms of action, and concludes with a discussion of dissemination. Results provided strong...
Revista Española de Discapacidad
June 1, 2018
Rosa Calderón Vicente, Cristina Caballo Escribano
2 citations
El objetivo del presente trabajo ha sido realizar una revisión sistemática de los estudios científicos que han aplicado tratamientos psicológicos basados en mindfulness a población con discapacidad intelectual para profundizar en la evidencia disponible respecto a su aplicabilidad y eficacia. Para ello se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica en diferentes bases de datos desde julio de 2015 hasta...
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
June 1, 2018
Cassandra Vieten, Barbara A. Laraia, Jean L. Kristeller et al.
79 citations
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is a time of high risk for excessive weight gain, leading to health-related consequences for mothers and offspring. Theory-based obesity interventions that target proposed mechanisms of biobehavioral change are needed, in addition to simply providing nutritional and weight gain directives. Mindfulness training is hypothesized to reduce stress and non-homeostatic eating...
Frontiers in Psychology
June 1, 2018
Marlene V. Strege, Deanna M. Swain, Lauren Ann Bochicchio et al.
34 citations
Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is efficacious in reducing residual depressive symptoms and preventing future depressive episodes (Kuyken et al., 2016). One potential treatment effect of MBCT may be improvement of positive affect (PA), due to improved awareness of daily positive events (Geschwind, Peeters, Drukker, Van Os, &...
Psychology, Health & Medicine
June 2018
Wu-Jeong Hwang, Tae Young Lee, Kyung-Ok Lim et al.
The interest in mindfulness meditation interventions has surged due to their beneficial effects in fostering resilience and reducing stress in both clinical and non-clinical populations. However, the relaxation benefits that may occur while practicing mindfulness meditation and long-term benefits of these interventions remain unclear. Fifty-one participants were recruited and randomized into...