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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience April 11, 2018 Joseph J. Loizzo 9 citations
OPINION article Front. Hum. Neurosci., 11 April 2018Sec. Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 12 - 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00134
Ecopsychology April 11, 2018 Rhoda Schuling, Nina van Herpen, Reinier de Nooij et al. 15 citations
Complementary to a quantitative effect study, this paper reports on the factors enabling the effect of a mindful walking retreat following a largely unpaved route along a lowland river and estuary in the Netherlands, on which people make their own choices to find their way. Most participants had a depression background. Interviews, triangulated with diary and questionnaire data, were subjected...
Psychology Research and Behavior Management April 10, 2018 Alessandra N Bazzano, Christopher E. Anderson, Chelsea Hylton et al.
Objective To assess the impact of a yoga curriculum in an elementary school on student quality of life, and to assess teacher and staff perception of potential barriers to, and benefits of, introducing yoga and mindfulness into the classroom. Methods A randomized controlled trial was utilized to assess the impact of a brief intervention on third-grade students who screened positive for symptoms...
Oncology Times April 8, 2018 Danielle Bullen Love 2 citations
cognitive function; cancer survivors: cognitive function; cancer survivorsAdvances in chemotherapy and other treatments have increased the survival rates for certain cancers. Yet, for many patients, cancer treatment-related cognitive impairment (i.e., chemo brain) is an unfortunate companion. Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) are currently conducting a randomized controlled...
Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion April 5, 2018 Kevin Thomas Jackson 10 citations
A broad trend in business management is emerging in favor of the deployment of contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation and yoga in the workplace. In his book Mindful Work: How Medita...
BMC Psychology April 5, 2018 Chris Noone, Michael Hogan
Arguments for including mindfulness instruction in higher education have included claims about the benefits of mindfulness practice for critical thinking. While there is theoretical support for this claim, empirical support is limited. The aim of this study was to test this claim by investigating the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive function, critical thinking skills...
Oxford Handbooks Online April 5, 2018 Justin S. Whitaker, Douglass Smith
The Pāli Canon presents a number of summaries of the Buddha’s teaching, one of the most concise being that of the Three Trainings (or Three Disciplines): ethics, meditation, and wisdom. The purpose of this chapter is to explicate the various formulations of these Three Trainings as well as to discuss their relationship to one another and other Pāli Buddhist teachings. Its focus is on the Pāli...
Chinese medical journal April 5, 2018 Qiang Gu, Jin-Chao Hou, Xiang-Ming Fang
Several studies have reported that mindfulness meditation has a potential effect in controlling headaches, such as migraine and tension-type headache; however, its role remains controversial. This review assessed the evidence regarding the effects of mindfulness meditation for primary headache pain. Only English databases (PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials [the Cochrane...
International Journal of Psychology and Psychoanalysis April 4, 2018 Surguladze Simon, George Chikovani, Revazishvili Tamar et al. 10 citations
People working in caring professions are at increased risk of experiencing compassion fatigue and burnout. The aims of this study were to investigate potential mediating effects of mindfulness on burnout. This is a cross-sectional study of mental health professionals working in psychologically challenging settings. Thirty-seven professionals (all female) were assessed for empathy, trait...
Psychiatry Research April 4, 2018 Alba Franquesa, Alberto Sainz-Cort, Sam Gandy et al. 58 citations
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic decoction originating from Amazonia. The ayahuasca-induced introspective experience has been shown to have potential benefits in the treatment of several pathologies, to protect mental health and to improve neuropsychological functions and creativity, and boost mindfulness. The underlying psychological processes related to the use of ayahuasca in a psychotherapeutic...
Journal of Psychology and Theology April 3, 2018 Thomas J. Bushlack, Tonia S. Bock 4 citations
This study provides empirical evidence to validate a new psychometric tool, the Centering for Wisdom Assessment (CWA), aimed at assessing the relationship between contemplative practices and the cultivation of the virtue of practical wisdom. In this article, we first describe the theoretical foundations of the CWA. Next, we present the results of five empirical studies that provide evidence of...
April 2, 2018 Erin Hebert 1 citation
BACKGROUND: Teaching has been identified as the most stressful profession in the human service industry (Greenberg, Brown, & Abenavoli, 2016). Elevated teacher stress can affect teacher well-being and burnout, as well as, classroom climate and student outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research study was to assess whether mindfulness practices can increase positive classroom climate and...
Trials April 2, 2018 Clara Strauss, Jenny Gu, Nikki Pitman et al.
Healthcare workers experience higher levels of work-related stress and higher rates of sickness absence than workers in other sectors. Psychological approaches have potential in providing healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to recognise stress and to manage stress effectively. The strongest evidence for effectiveness in reducing stress in the workplace is for stress-management...
Journal of Rehabilitation April 1, 2018 Jessica M. Brooks, Kanako Iwanaga, Brandi P Cotton et al.
The study purpose was to evaluate pain catastrophizing and psychological distress as mediators for the relationship between perceived mindfulness and depressive symptoms in people with chronic pain. We conducted an online cross-sectional survey with 211 adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain recruited from U.S. clinics and community networks. A serial multiple mediation analysis was performed...
Integral Transpersonal Journal April 1, 2018 Olga R. Sohmer
This article presents Embodied Spiritual Inquiry (ESI), a participatory approach to integral education and transpersonal research that has been offered since 2003 as a graduate course at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, by core faculty Jorge N. Ferrer. Inspired by elements of participatory research (e.g., Reason, 1994a; Reason & Bradbury, 2008) and cooperative...
The FASEB Journal April 1, 2018 John Durocher, Hannah Marti, Brigitte Morin et al.
Mindfulness meditation has been shown to have numerous health benefits when used over the course of days or weeks, but the effect of a single session on aortic pulsatility and anxiety is unclear. Therefore we sought to determine if a single session of mindfulness meditation could effectively reduce aortic pulsatile load and anxiety. Fourteen adults (24±8 years) with mild to moderate anxiety (≥8...
Journal of neuro-oncology April 2018 Emily L Zale, Catherine Pierre-Louis, Eric A Macklin et al.
The neurofibromatoses (NF) are incurable genetic disorders that can cause nerve sheath tumors, chronic pain, and disfiguration. Patients with NF report lower quality of life and greater distress, and may benefit from programs that promote resiliency. To test effects of an 8-week mind-body program (Relaxation Response Resiliency Program for NF [3RP-NF]) on resiliency, using data derived from a...
Clinical orthopaedics and related research April 2018 Ritsaart F Westenberg, Emily L Zale, Tessa J Heinhuis et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions are useful in reducing psychologic distress and pain intensity in patients with chronic pain. However, most mindfulness-based interventions are resource-intensive, lengthy, and not feasible for busy orthopaedic surgical practices. The purpose of this study was to determine if a 60-second personalized mindfulness-based video exercise is (1) associated with...
Journal of Religion and Health April 1, 2018 John R Peteet
Experiences of transcendence can promote growth, creativity and altruism, but often exist in tension with critical thought and can feature problematically in certain mental disorders. Identification of the core elements in the experience of transcendence-suspending disbelief, being moved or inspired, surrendering oneself and identifying within a larger context, can clarify its relationship to...
April 1, 2018 Yago Carioca Baltar, A. Filgueiras
Mindfulness can be defined as the process of maintaining attention in the present, without judgment or expectations. Recent advances in sports sciences suggest that mindfulness meditation may have a positive effect on performance. The present article hypothesized that those improvements are associated with increasing levels of attentional control. Altogether, participants of the study are 40...