I conducted this study to verify that the acquisition of PRIDE skills, an important skill for building good parent–child relationships in parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT), is associated with mindfulness attitude formation. PCIT, which was developed by Eyberg in 1974, is a behavioral therapy based on play therapy in which a therapist provides live coaching from a separate room while...
Hypertension, a prevalent and chronic medical condition, is often associated with elevated anxiety levels, contributing to its progression and complications. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has emerged as a potential intervention to address both anxiety and hypertension. This scoping review aims to explore the existing literature on the effect of MBCT on anxiety and blood pressure in...
Abstract There has been increasing scientific and clinical interest in studying psychedelic and meditation-based interventions in recent years, both in the context of improving mental health and as tools for understanding the mind. Several authors suggest neurophysiological and phenomenological parallels and overlaps between psychedelic and meditative states and suggest synergistic effects of...
In this article, an attempt is made to free mindfulness from its modern psychologically utilitarian interpretation and display its ontological-existential essence. To do that, the essay offers the existential roots of human suffering and the ontological meaning of attachment that is found at the basis of suffering. Heidegger’s philosophy is used to show that due to our anxious rejection of the...
Regular yoga and meditation practices are gaining recognition as tools that help in prevention of various diseases. To have vitality in life, personal well-being and emotional harmony, meditation is one of the best practices. This study focused on identification of brain state associated with Isha Shoonya meditation. Hyperparameter tuning has been used in order to achieve the best accuracy...
November 3, 2023Qiang Xie, Rachel L. Dyer, Sin U Lam et al.1 citation
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Objectives: Informal practice (i.e., brief meditation practices incorporated spontaneously into daily activities) may be important for increasing the efficacy and accessibility of meditation-based interventions (MedBIs). However, the facilitators and barriers to engaging in informal practice are largely unknown. The current study aimed to investigate factors associated with the implementation...
Attentional control is a crucial cognitive ability for sports performance. The current research aimed to investigate whether a brief (20-min) pre-competition mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention enhances athletes' attentional control during competitions and alters the activity of brain regions related to attentional control. We created a virtual reality shooting competition to compare the...
Abstract This chapter introduces mindfulness as a technique for assisting clients with persistent COVID-19 symptoms to manage their emotional distress, anxiety, and depression. Mindfulness is defined as paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. It is not necessarily about relaxation or clearing the mind but rather a process of bringing...
Abstract & Learning Objectives:For millenniums, mindfulness was believed to diminish pain by reducing the influence of self-appraisals of noxious sensations. Today, mindfulness meditation is a highly popular and effective pain therapy that is believed to engage multiple, nonplacebo-related mechanisms to attenuate pain. Recent evidence suggests that mindfulness meditation-induced pain relief is...
Mindfulness-based programs can help lower psychological distress among parents of children with developmental disabilities. However, less is known about the functions of mindfulness in relation to parental outcomes. In a cross-sectional survey, mothers of children with developmental disabilities (N = 313) reported on their child's behavior problems, trait mindfulness, mindful parenting, and a...
LímiteNovember 1, 2023Braulio Bruna González, Joan Salvador, Prissila Pavez1 citation
Las estrategias basadas en mindfulness han demostrado su eficacia en variados cuadros clínicos.Sin embargo, varias investigaciones dan cuenta de dificultades en la adherencia vinculada a los modelos de ocho sesiones y de estrategias breves con buenos resultados.En la presente revisión sistemática, basada en PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), se...
Being exceedingly social creatures, each and every decision that an individual human makes carries with it consequences and risks that may endanger not only themselves (intrapersonal harm), but also others (interpersonal harm). This experiment (N = 215 undergraduates; 63.36% female; Mage = 21.86, SD = 2.56) compared the impact of contextual harm on emotions of regret and guilt, and examined...
In some studies mindfulness is associated with reduced food consumption, but the underlying mechanisms are less well researched. One potential mechanism is that mindfulness increases attention toward feelings of fullness. Additionally, experimental research on mindfulness and food intake has primarily been conducted in constrained laboratory settings, where it may be easier for participants to...
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are connective tissue disorders with multi-systemic symptoms. Management of chronic pain and other symptoms of EDS is a challenge for patients and clinicians. Mindfulness-based approaches for chronic pain produce improvement in pain symptoms. Mindfulness meditation could be an acceptable and readily accessible therapy for pain in EDS. This study evaluated the...
Abstract Objective Mindfulness meditation is associated with functional brain changes in regions subserving higher order cognitive processes such as attention. However, no research to date has causally probed these areas in meditators using combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG). This study aimed to investigate whether cortical reactivity to TMS...
Objective: Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) is a surgical intervention to reduce the frequency of seizures as an adjunctive therapy for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Presurgical neuropsychological evaluations capture symptoms of anxiety and depression, which occur in higher rates within the epilepsy population than in the general population; however, the effects of mood are...
Mindfulness training has been shown to improve emotional symptoms such as anxiety and depressive symptoms. However, its cognitive-behavioral mechanism is still unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness training on attention to emotional faces and its role in the improvement in emotional symptoms. Eighty participants were recruited and randomly divided into a...
Engaging in yoga may mitigate stress and anxiety in individuals while potentially enhancing one's capacity to manage distractions. Our research aimed to explore the relation between these two outcomes: Can an eight-week yoga program foster distraction suppression, thereby reducing stress and discomfort? To answer this question, we used Hatha Yoga, the most commonly practiced form of yoga. We...
School-based mindfulness interventions in children have shown benefits to child well-being. Here, we investigated the effectiveness of a remote, app-based mindfulness intervention for promoting well-being in children. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two control groups to examine the effects of an 8-week mindfulness intervention in U.S. children ages 8-10. We compared...
Abstract Background The increasing integration of digital technologies into daily life has spurred a growing body of research in the field of digital psychology. This research has shed light on the potential benefits and drawbacks of digital technologies for mental health and well-being. However, the intricate relationship between technology and psychology remains largely unexplored. Purpose...