Objective To explore the intervention effect of mindfulness training on athletes’ performance using meta-analysis method. Methods A total of 11 articles and 23 effect sizes were included through retrieval of Chinese and English databases, with a total sample size of 582. Result Mindfulness training improves the level of mindfulness [SMD =1.08, 95%CI (0.30, 1.86), p < 0.01], fluency (The optimal...
Background:. Human beings have a natural power to cope with and manage with the stressful situations.Among all professions, nursing profession is considered as highly stressful for students. Nursing students face various stressful situations in their college life, like time pressure, excessive workload, clinical duties, long college hours, examinations and results. Some of the relaxation...
Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the randomized controlled studies investigating the effects of mindfulness-based training programs given to nurses on occupational stress and to systematically evaluate the data obtained from the studies. Methods: In order to determine the effect of mindfulnessbased training programs on occupational stress in nurses, PubMed, Web of Science, Science...
Health PsychologyMay 30, 2024Claire E Smith, Christina X Mu, Angelina Venetto et al.
Objective: Despite the popularity of mindfulness in research and interventions, information is missing about how and why mindfulness may benefit employee sleep health. Drawing from emotion regulation theory, we evaluate affective rumination, negative affect, and positive affect as potential mechanisms. We also explore differential effects of trait and state attentional mindfulness on both...
HealthcareMay 30, 2024Marc Dörner, Roland Von Känel, Noelle König et al.5 citations
Several studies suggested the efficacy of dispositional mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions in reducing anxiety and depression in cardiovascular diseases. However, data on the impact of mindfulness on the psychological well-being of patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) are scarce. In this study, 422 patients with an ICD were prospectively recruited. Logistic...
El mindfulness, derivado de la meditación budista Vipassana, implica prestar atención consciente y sin juicio al momento presente, fomentando la conciencia plena. El objetivo del estudio fue examinar el impacto de la Terapia Cognitiva Basada en Mindfulness en la ansiedad asociada al consumo de sustancias psicoactivas. La investigación se basó en el paradigma pragmático, con un enfoque mixto de...
BMC PsychiatryMay 29, 2024Bertha Sze Wing Mak, Dexing Zhang, Candice Ling Yuet Man Powell et al.2 citations
Emerging evidence supports mindfulness as a potential psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Individuals with subthreshold PTSD experience significant impairment in their daily life and functioning due to PTSD symptoms, despite not meeting the full diagnostic criteria for PTSD in DSM-5. Mindfulness skills, including non-judgmental acceptance, attentional control and openness...
Introduction A growing body of literature is investigating the difficulties that some individuals encounter after psychedelic experiences. Existing research has explored the nature and predictors of these difficulties; however, a research gap exists in understanding how individuals endeavour to cope with such difficulties. Methods The current study collected data from an international cohort of...
This article focuses on the Damoduoluo chanjing 達摩多羅禪經 [Meditation Sutra of Dharmatrāta], a text completed around 411 CE. This article focuses first on the central figure associated with it, Buddhabhadra [Fotuobatuoluo 佛馱跋陀羅] (359–429), geographical issues linked with him, and the historical context, before discussing and unpacking a few portions of the text about mindfulness with breathing....
BMC Public HealthMay 27, 2024Zhizhuo Wang, Peiyun Wu, Yutong Hou et al.
Background: Mindfulness-based interventions have been tested to be the effective approach for preventing/reducing burnout in medical students. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the scientific evidence and quantify the pooled effect of MBIs on the burnout syndrome in medical students. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in the databases,...
Background: Alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) is a significant challenge for psychologists due to relapse and its impacts on well-being. Mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) has emerged as a potential solution, receiving increasing attention in the field of psychological interventions for ADS. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of MBRP, specifically on emotion regulation and alcohol...
BACKGROUND: Crimes committed by young individuals and is crucial for anti-social violent behaviors to the society have juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquency constitutes nearly one-fifth of crimes against people and one-third of property crimes in India. The majority of youths have engaged in some form of delinquency during their adolescent years. Efforts to Prevention, intervention, and...
Background: The utility of brief mindfulness ecological momentary interventions (EMIs) to improve empathy and theory-of-mind has been underinvestigated, particularly in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Objective: In this randomized controlled trial, we aimed to examine the efficacy of a 14-day, fully self-guided, mindfulness EMI on the empathy and theory-of-mind domains for GAD. Methods:...
arXiv Preprint ArchiveMay 23, 2024Cristina Martinez Montes, Fredrik Sjögren, Adam Klevfors et al.
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The well-being and productivity of IT workers are crucial for both individual success and the overall prosperity of the organisations they serve. This study proposes mindfulness to alleviate stress and improve mental well-being for IT workers. During an 8-week program, IT workers learn about mindfulness, coupled with breathing practices. This study investigates the potential effects of these...
The jhānas are series of advanced concentrative absorption meditative (ACAM) states brought about by meditation. While previously cultivated mostly in monastic settings, a series of modern meditation manuals both openly discuss the jhānas and describe how they may be attained by laypeople. Simultaneously, the phenomenological and neuroscientific investigation of the jhānas is advancing....
Abstract This chapter investigates the historical shifts, culturally contingent forces, and power-laden dynamics that have enabled the emergence of mindfulness as a therapeutic modality in the context of North America. Engaging with an interdisciplinary body of scholarship, including historical textual literature and ethnography, the chapter traces the multiple historical confluences and...
In today’s competitive world is growing world where the competition in almost every field which creates its own stress and disturbances, it is important to have good health for better performance. Meditation is a good way to reach a state of mental equanimity where responses to favorable or unfavorable external events are well under the individual’s control and responses are moderate in...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the intersection of mindfulness practices and ethical decision-making within organisational leadership. Drawing from ancient Buddhist principles and contemporary neuroscience, this study aims to illuminate how mindfulness can enhance cognitive and emotional regulation, thereby fostering ethical behaviour and improved decision-making among leaders...
This special issue collects papers that explore the relationship between phenomenology and mindfulness with the goal of creating a fruitful dialogue between these two traditions, so as to bring into relief the overlaps and incongruities, exploring historical as well as systematic connections. Both phenomenology and mindfulness are inclusively construed: the former (phenomenology) is understood...
Primiparous mothers, women who are giving birth for the first time, face challenges in adapting to a new postpartum role as a mother. Due to the pressure they are under, they are more likely to suffer from psychological issues including anxiety and depression. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how maternal self-efficacy affects mindfulness and postpartum depression in primiparous...