In recent years, psychological well-being has become a primary concern in adult mental health discourse, particularly due to the rising incidence of stress, anxiety, and emotional disturbances. Meditation has emerged as a widely accepted complementary practice, with Rajyoga meditation standing out for its spiritual and cognitive benefits. Unlike conventional meditation, Rajyoga involves...
Mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as effective tools in sports psychology, offering athletes strategies to reduce performance-related anxiety and enhance overall performance. This paper explores the impact of mindfulness practices such as focused breathing, present-moment awareness, and acceptance on psychological well-being and athletic outcomes. Evidence from randomized controlled...
Objectives: To determine the effect of Sookshma Meditation (SM) on Internet Addiction (IA), Emotional Regulation (ER), and Mindfulness in School Children- A randomized controlled trial. Methods: A randomized control trial designed to assess the effect of SM (Meditation-based Yoga practices) on IA, ER, and Mindfulness in school-going children. After screening, 80 school-going children (44 boys &...
This research examined the impact of Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy (MBPT) on alleviating anxiety in children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A quasi-experimental pretest and posttest control group design was utilised involving 40 children aged 7 to 11 years, who were randomly allocated to experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent 10...
JMIR Formative ResearchAugust 22, 2025Judith Borghouts, Elizabeth V Eikey, Cinthia De Leon et al.
BackgroundMindfulness-based apps can be an effective and accessible resource for mental health support. However, little is known about their use outside of research settings and what user characteristics relate to app use. ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the characteristics of people who decided to use, not use, or stop using Headspace within the context of a large-scale public deployment,...
In light of the increasing interest in integrating mindfulness techniques into educational contexts, it is essential to examine their potential cognitive and emotional benefits for the child population. Pilot investigation, analyzed in this paper, aimed to study and assess the impact of a structured mindfulness-based intervention on executive functioning and dispositional mindfulness in young...
BACKGROUND: Nursing students frequently encounter significant psychological stressors during their education, placing them at increased risk for reduced subjective well-being and mental health challenges. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs have emerged as promising interventions to enhance psychological resilience and well-being in this vulnerable population. METHODS: This experimental...
Recent findings indicate that meditation may enhance compassion and foster prosocial actions aimed at helping others. In the present preregistered research, we aimed to test hypotheses regarding the positive impact of a single short, guided mindfulness meditation on compassionate and personal distress responses, measured with the Socio-affective Video Task (SoVT), and the possible mechanisms of...
Approximately one-third of cancer survivors report a need for professional help to cope with Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR). In the REMOTE trial, we aim to investigate the efficacy of two internet-based mind-body techniques to address this currently unmet medical need. Cancer survivors, screened using the Cancer Worry Scale (CWS), are randomly assigned to one of the three study groups: (1)...
Mindfulness is one of the growing techniques for promoting mental health and reducing stress among adolescents. This paper presents a systematic review of the effects of various mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), including mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), on the stress, emotion regulation, and well-being of adolescents. It reviews...
Background: Attention regulation is crucial for mindfulness practice; however, the influence of baseline attention ability on mindfulness training outcomes remains underexplored. This study examined the effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on attention and investigated whether baseline inattention symptoms moderated these effects in meditation-naïve university students. Methods: This...
Introduction: Cancer and anxiety often go hand in hand, as dealing with cancer can be an incredibly stressful experience. Anxiety is prevalent among cancer patients, and cancer care providers frequently need to identify and treat it at first. Given the threat posed by cancer, it is sense that many patients experience anxiety. Regretfully, anxiety can occasionally develop into a clinically...
Mindfulness-based interventions, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), are efficacious mind-body treatments for chronic pain, though their modest effect sizes suggest room for improvement. Notably, recent studies indicate that mindfulness meditation does not engage the endogenous opioid system, which plays an important role in analgesia. Therefore, exploring the combination of a...
Mindfulness has made its way into the business context. Simultaneously, several options for digitally encouraging mindfulness have been proposed in recent years, with opposing opinions questioning the compatibility of mindfulness and technology, claiming it is a paradox. This study aims to examine the compatibility of mindfulness and technology, i.e., how mindfulness and digitalization interact...
The study compared the effectiveness of self-compassion and mindfulness therapies on affection control among poor parenting adolescents of Tehran foster family centers. The study used pre-posttest quasi-experimental, with control and follow-up groups. The sample included 60 adolescents, who were voluntarily taking part in the study. They were selected and categorized in three groups (two...
The relationship between mindfulness, self-esteem, and mental well-being has garnered significant scholarly interest in recent years, especially as individuals across the globe face rising psychological distress, stress, and identity challenges. Mindfulness, often defined as the non-judgmental awareness of the present moment (Kabat-Zinn, 2003), has shown promising associations with...
JMIR Mental HealthAugust 19, 2025Alessandro Sparacio, Jonathan Nicholas Davies, Erin Lee et al.
Background: Fully decentralized self-administered mindfulness interventions show promise for stress reduction, but rigorous evaluations of their feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness using both self-report and physiological measures remain limited. In Singapore, where mental health concerns rank as the top health care priority (46%), ahead of cancer (38%) and stress-related issues...
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness meditation has been reported to reduce stress and enhance well-being. However, its effects on heart rate variability (HRV)-a physiological marker of stress-remain underexplored. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine how meditation practice is associated with subjective stress, HRV, and their interaction, using mobile health technologies. METHODS: This 3-week...
The current time of rapid opportunities and change is often accompanied by intense stress. Raja Yoga meditation, a practice based on self-awareness ,realization as well as mental awareness for self ,super power and karmic account philosophy . It has been proven to be an effective way to deal with the pressures of college and school challenges . This article examines the diverse stressors faced...
This review critically examines how meditation, particularly mindfulness-based practices, contributes to habit change through mechanisms grounded in behavioral science. Drawing on dual-process theories, reinforcement learning, and self-regulation models, the paper explores how meditation enhances meta- awareness, disrupts automatic behavioral loops, and facilitates intentional change....