International Journal of Science and Healthcare Research
October 11, 2023
Jayisamma Varghese, K J Lissy, N. Gayathiri
Meditation has been used to help people feel at peace and in recent years, meditation has increased in popularity due to its scientifically-proven benefits. As we know the senior citizens as they advance in age, the health also gradually deteriorating. It is proven through various research studies that the elders can revitalise through a simple practice of Meditation. Various journals and...
Research Directs in Health Sciences
October 11, 2023
Phrosini Samis-Smith Samis-Smith, Nola A. Schmidt
1 citation
Introduction: With the prevalence of stress increasing among college students, stress reduction interventions are essential. This study explored the use of brief mindfulness meditation (BMM) and current physical activity on college students’ perceived stress. Methods: A single-cohort pre-test/posttest design was used to evaluate the effects of an 8-week classroom-based BMM. Current exercise...
Research Square
October 10, 2023
Leanne Harper, Andrew Jones, Laura Goodwin et al.
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Abstract Purpose This study tested whether stressful life events and stressful combat experiences are associated with post-traumatic stress symptomology (PTS-S), via facets of mindfulness, in UK military personnel.Methods A sample of 435 UK veterans were recruited to a cross-sectional, online study. Participants completed self-report measures of stressful life and combat experiences,...
Healthcare
October 10, 2023
Liang Li, Longjun Jing, Yang Liu et al.
Injured athletes often face performance challenges upon returning to the field, influenced by external factors and negative emotions. This study investigates how mindfulness is associated with perfectionism, exercise self-efficacy, and competitive state anxiety in athletes recovering from injuries. Using snowball sampling and convenience sampling methods with a cross-sectional dataset of 359...
October 10, 2023
Viviane Giroto Guedes, Denise C.S. Côrtes
Este estudo aplicou o treinamento da Mindfulness Meditation (MM) em enfermeiros no contexto hospitalar, para investigar qual o impacto da meditação como ferramenta de combate ao estresse e a síndrome de Burnout para esses sujeitos.Análise qualitativa das etapas de implementação do projeto-piloto e da intervenção com MM, através das falas e impressões dos participantes sobre o impacto desta...
JMIR Formative Research
October 9, 2023
Tori Humiston, Caroline Cummings, Stephen J. Suss et al.
8 citations
BACKGROUND: Diabetes distress among adolescents with type 1 diabetes has been associated with suboptimal diabetes outcomes, including lower quality of life, increased diabetes self-management challenges, and suboptimal glycemic outcomes. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a scalable self-led mindfulness-based intervention to reduce diabetes distress in...
UbiComp/ISWC Adjunct
October 8, 2023
Jih-Hsuan Peng, Ping-Hsuan Han, Cheng-Ta Yang et al.
This research presents an exploratory study focusing on developing the immersive mindfulness meditation group experience. The primary goal is to observe the impact of Extended Reality (XR) on enhancing people’s awareness and cultivating inner tranquility. Previous works have explored the benefit of group meditation and the potential of utilizing multisensory feedback in XR. Our study designs an...
JPI
October 6, 2023
Daniel Parulian Sipahutar, Ismail Petrus, Eryansyah Eryansyah
1 citation
During the pandemic of covid-19, many students have faced social anxiety and stress through the transition from online learning to offline learning. The writer wants to conduct this research due to the finding out of the pandemic and lockdown have brought negative effects for students such as mental health, distress, anxiety, and behavior issues. These conditions are affected students' academic...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 6, 2023
Carl D. Smith, Ian A Gutierrez, Thomas H Nassif et al.
9 citations
Introduction: Service members are at risk for pain-related difficulties in functioning and physical injury. Previous studies suggest that mindfulness training (MT) and yoga may prevent these outcomes. The present study was designed to determine the impact of MT and yoga on the health, pain, and injury of Army trainees completing 10 weeks of basic combat training (BCT). Methods: Platoons (≈40...
Scientific Reports
October 6, 2023
Junliang Zhang, Zhongzheng Hu, Shuang Zheng et al.
11 citations
The study aims to explore the relationship among mindfulness, depression, meaning in life (MIL) and psychological resilience (PR), and verify whether MIL and PR have a chain mediating effect between mindfulness and depression. 1034 college students in a province were investigated by using Adolescent Mindfulness Scale, Depression Scale, Meaning in Life Scale and Psychological Resilience Scale....
Trials
October 6, 2023
Cátia Duarte, Ruben L F Spilker, Cláudia Paiva et al.
2 citations
Despite remarkable medical advances in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a subset of patients fails to achieve complete clinical remission, as the Patient Global Assessment (PGA) of disease activity remains above 1, even after the inflammatory process is brought under control. This so-called state of 'PGA-near-remission' negatively impacts individuals' functioning and potentiates...
Jurnal Pengabdian Ilmu Kesehatan
October 5, 2023
Masnaeni Ahmad, Hardiyati Hardiyati, Syafruddin Ali Salaka
Due to their dual roles as disaster survivors and disaster volunteers who aid communities devastated by disasters, disaster volunteers are susceptible to experiencing a decline in the quality of their psychological well-being. The ultimate objective of mindfulness is to make it easier to stay engaged in the present without overestimating it. This program intends to provide mindfulness training...
Nusantara Hasana Journal
October 5, 2023
Setia Rana Ulfa, Giri Susanto
GGK patients undergo hemodialysis therapy 2-3 times each week, and spending several hours will make them experience tension, anxiety, and depression that varies from individual to individual, negatively affecting their quality of life and health—a form of non-pharmacological intervention that can reduce anxiety non-pharmacologically through mindfulness practice. This nursing care aims to apply...
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
October 5, 2023
Victor Harold Wasson
Schizophrenia is understood to be a chronic disorder of the brain which affects under 1% of the population of the United States of America. During its active phase, symptoms include hallucinations, reduced motivation, delusions, speech that is disorganized and problems with thinking. The condition influences perception, judgment and emotions which are known as the basic human processes. Studies...
Behavioral Sciences
October 5, 2023
Migle Baceviciene, Rasa Jankauskiene, Vaiva Balciuniene
The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Lithuanian translation of State Mindfulness in Physical Activity (SMS-PA-2) in a sample of physically active students. A total sample of 539 students from universities and colleges (50.3% men; mean age 23.3 ± 7.2 years) were asked to provide demographical data, report physical activity (PA) and PA habits and fill in...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 4, 2023
Annica Winkelmair, Petra Jansen
13 citations
Objectives: The main goal of our intervention study was to investigate whether two conceptually different mindfulness interventions positively impacted the explicit and implicit affective evaluations of vegetarian foods. We included possible mediating variables (e.g., wellbeing) and related our results to the stage model of self-regulated behavioral change (SSBC). Methods: = 26) as the active...
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
October 4, 2023
Yasemin Çırak, Yunus Emre Tütüneken, Gül Deniz Yılmaz Yelvar et al.
1 citation
Objective: To compare the effects of mindfulness-based intervention with supervised telerehabilitation (ST) or video-based telerehabilitation (VBT) on endurance, sleep quality, mental health, quality of life, body awareness, physical activity level, and pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms in postmenopausal women. Methods: Fifty postmenopausal women aged 50-65 years were randomly allocated to...
Research Square
October 4, 2023
Rémi Thériault, Stéphane Dandeneau
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Abstract Objectives. Previous research shows that a novel experimental paradigm consisting of implicitly activating (“priming”) concepts associated with mindfulness through a scrambled sentence task yields positive social effects on cognition and affect. Yet, its effects on social behaviour warrant further investigation. As several studies link mindfulness to lower aggression, the latter...
PsyArXiv
October 3, 2023
Surabhi Lodha, Rashmi Gupta
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Objectives: This study investigated the effect of mindfulness induction on attentional control in emotional contexts and explored if the time course of emotional information modulated the effects. Method: A total of 323 undergraduate students were randomized to four groups: mindfulness induction group in Experiment 1 (MI-Prime), waitlist control group in Experiment 1 (WLC-Prime), mindfulness...
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
October 3, 2023
Sapana Doshi, Tracey Osborne
1 citation
The central pedagogical theme we are exploring in this chapter is how awareness-based mind-body practices can support transformative education that is aligned with environmental and social justice. The chapter reflects on our experience with two related modalities of mind-body practice in the classroom - somatics and mindfulness - aimed at bringing together healing and transformation at the...