Depression poses a major threat to public health with an increasing prevalence in the United States. Mindfulness-based interventions, such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), are effective methods for managing depression symptoms and may help fortify existing efforts to address the current disease burden. The in-person group format of MBCT, however, incurs barriers to care such as...
Abstract: Background: Major Depressive Disorder is a global health issue that affects more than 300 million people worldwide, which is about 4.4% of the global population. Treatment usually consists of a combination of antidepressant medication and therapy. However, approximately 30% of individuals with Major Depressive Disorder experience a Treatment-Resistant Depression (a failure to respond...
Individuals in emerging adulthood are prone to experience social anxiety, especially in social media, as they are prone to receive responses, criticism, or judgment from others or themselves when sharing content related to themselves. This study aims to determine the relationship between mindfulness and patience with social anxiety in social media in emerging adulthood. This study used a...
The primary objective of this research endeavor was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on cognitive fusion and mental flexibility in individuals diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It was a quasi-experimental study with a two-month follow-up period, pretest, posttest, and control group. The patients diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who...
The current study aimed to investigate the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in mitigating experiential avoidance and impulsivity among female students who encounter difficulties in regulating their emotions. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design comprising a control group, pretest, and posttest, in addition to a three-month follow-up period. The statistical sample...
The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based psychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being and perceived tension of patients diagnosed with Corona anxiety pandemic. It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, control group and three-month follow-up period. The study's statistical population comprised individuals...
Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of mindfulness meditation on the anxiety, self-efficacy, and quality of life of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: Data of 124 patients who underwent CABG in our hospital from May 2020, to May 2022, were collected. In accordance with the presence or absence of mindfulness meditation, the patients were divided into...
F1000ResearchJune 12, 2024Chaitali S. Vikhe, Swapnil U. Ramteke
Background The Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) poses a significant challenge in sports medicine due to its multifactorial etiology involving both physiological and psychological factors. Though widely used, conventional physiotherapy approaches often yield limited efficacy and high recurrence rates. Mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as promising adjuncts in managing various...
Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and stand-alone mindfulness meditation interventions are gaining empirical support for a wide variety of mental health conditions. In this study, we test the efficacy of web-based therapist-guided mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-M) for body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a psychiatric disorder characterized by preoccupations with...
This research paper investigates the impact of pyramid-shaped meditation halls on human consciousness and spiritual experiences. Drawing from the principles of bio geometry and neuroscience, this study explored how the unique shape of the pyramid affects brain waves and mental states. Through a comprehensive analysis of the past data of frequency intensity within pyramid-shaped meditation halls...
Humans are programmed to think about issues outside their immediate vicinity, for example past events and speculation of the future. In fact, mind wandering appears to be the human brain's default mode of operation (Killingsworth & Gilbert, 2010). The opposite of mind wandering is meditation and mindfulness. For thousands of years, philosophical and religious traditions have studied the...
Mindfulness practice has gained interest in the management of Chronic Migraine associated with Medication Overuse Headache (CM-MOH). Mindfulness is characterized by present-moment self-awareness and relies on attention control and emotion regulation, improving headache-related pain management. Mindfulness modulates the Default Mode Network (DMN), Salience Network (SN), and Fronto-Parietal...
This research aims to determine the effect of using Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy techniques on increasing emotional regulation of homesick students in boarding schools. This research is motivated by the importance of students having good emotional regulation, especially for students in their first year at boarding schools who experience homesickness. Homesickness is a negative emotional...
This study aimsto look at the potential impacts of coordination Mindfulness-Based Push Decrease (MBSR) into wellbeing and social care instruction programs. It looks for to survey how an MBSR program impacts push, physical trouble, work burnout, work engagement, and compassion in wellbeing and social care understudies. on the scholarly strength of approaching Lesson X tall school understudies ....
Background: A growing number of advanced neuroimaging studies have compared brain structure and function in long term meditators to non-meditators. The goal is to determine if there may be long term effects on the brain from practicing meditation. In this paper, we present new data on the long term effects of a novel meditation practice in which the focus is on clitoral stimulation. The...
This research aims to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in reducing anxiety in cancer patients. The research method used is a systematic review, searching articles in six trusted databases: ProQuest, EBSCOhost, PubMed, Wiley Online Library, SpringerLink, and Google Scholar—article analysis using the PRISMA method. The research results show that mindfulness-based...
SportsJune 7, 2024Luis Martiny, Gonçalo Dias, José Pedro Ferreira et al.6 citations
This study aimed to analyze the effect of a flow training program based on mindfulness applied to young and adult elite handball athletes. A quantitative, quasi-experimental, descriptive data analysis approach was carried out. The sample included 105 athletes (51 female and 54 male). The athletes were divided into two groups: (i) experimental (n = 53) and (ii) control (n = 52). The results of...
Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) program is a group course training for cancer patients that combines cancer knowledge and psychological knowledge, emphasizing focusing on the psychosomatic symptoms of cancer patients. Currently, the application value of Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery in improving psychosomatic health of cancer patients has been confirmed, however, its intervention...
I will in this article use Fircks as a point of departure for trying to understand the complexities involved in the use of the concept of mindfulness. As will be seen, mindfulness can be traced to a decoupling from a religious background and subsequent appropriation within several Western contexts. This will then be used for a discussion of how to deal with the historicity of the phenomena...
The present study aimed to assess focus/concentration, perception of quality of life, class attention, and anxiety, as well as class attendance and academic performance of nursing undergraduates from a Higher Education Institution before and after the application of breathing and mindfulness meditation techniques. Forty-five seventh-semester (fourth-year) students of both genders, aged 18 and...