Police officers work in high-stress environments that demand emotional resilience, interpersonal skills, and effective communication. Occupational stress can negatively impact their motivation, conflict resolution abilities, and professional effectiveness. Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM), a mindfulness-based intervention focused on cultivating compassion and empathy, has shown promise in...
People frequently turn to others to help regulate their emotions in what is referred to as inter personal emotion regulation (IER). Mindfulness entails an intra personal strategy of turning inward to facilitate emotion regulation. Yet little research has examined the relationships between these distinct regulation strategies and their consequences for aggression. The current study aims to...
ABSTRACT This study examined changes in mindfulness and social anxiety among university students diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, as well as the persistence and underlying mechanisms of these changes following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, quantitative results were complemented with qualitative insights. From 511...
Meditation offers a range of psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual benefits. However, traditional practices often rely heavily on auditory cues—such as spoken guidance, bells, or music—which can create barriers to access for Deaf, deaf, and hard of hearing individuals. This chapter introduces the purposes and techniques of meditation, then explores key variations across cultural and...
“Meditation means dissolving the invisible walls that unaware has built” This is said by the well-known spiritual Master Sadhguru. With this, he is suggesting that meditation means going beyond all barriers, conditionings and labels. Not only him, but all those who practice meditation and/or engaged with it in the same way or the other echo the same feeling that meditation takes you closer to...
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study alternatives, targets, procedures, results,and recommendations for applying mindfulness in guidance and counseling to reduce academic stress. The research method used in this research is library research. The data sources used in this research are 20 library sources research results related to the issues being studied. The results of this study...
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a potential biomarker that might demonstrate the effects of mindfulness, but it might be influenced by practice experiences. This study wanted to elucidate the possibility of using HRV metrics to reveal the effects of mindfulness and examine its variation between novice and experienced mindfulness practitioners. Forty-six participants (20 experienced...
Mindfulness has long been known for its positive health benefits for the human body and mind. The introspective, non-judgmental aspects of mindfulness exercises make it especially beneficial for elite athletic performance, where it is critical for athletes to enter a specific state of concentration and awareness where peak performance is observed—the flow state. In the past, certain mindfulness...
ABSTRACT Internalizing and externalizing behavioral issues among children tend to appear together and are often interrelated. A combination of Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) and Mindfulness is theoretically promising in reducing the co-occurrences of internalizing and externalizing issues. In this study, we developed and validated MBSFT-C, which addresses internalizing and externalizing...
Abstract Objective There is increasing interest in identifying mediators in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), particularly within the broader DBT framework and the specific skills taught in group-based interventions. This study examined whether three core DBT skills—emotion regulation, mindfulness, and distress tolerance— mediate the relationship between group therapy participation and...
Scientific ReportsJuly 2, 2025Catherine E. Amiot, Mylène Quervel-Chaumette, Christophe Gagné et al.7 citations
Pet ownership per se has not been reliably associated with increased human well-being and health. Furthermore, the specific psychological mechanisms and behavioral dynamics through which the presence of pets could yield higher human wellness remain under-investigated. Conducted among dog owners and their dogs, the current experiment investigates if a specific psychological factor - i.e.,...
IntroductionEmotional intelligence (EI) is essential for resilience and adaptability in high-pressure environments such as medical education. Transcendental Meditation (TM) has been shown to enhance emotional regulation, reduce stress, and improve wellbeing. This quasi-experimental, longitudinal observational study evaluated the effects of TM on emotional intelligence, perceived stress,...
Pediatric cardiologyJuly 2, 2025Vicki A Freedenberg, Rachel Steury, Robert Podolsky et al.
Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) have high rates of anxiety and depression. Strategies to manage the stress of having a chronic disease, improve coping skills and resilience can reduce these rates. To examine the effectiveness of an ACHD-specific, real-time virtual mindfulness-based behavioral intervention (MBBI) on mental health and resilience. A randomized wait-list control study...
Mindfulness meditation involves training attention, commonly toward sensory experiences, with nonjudgmental awareness. Theoretical perspectives propose that meditation increases the precision of sensory processing and reduces the generation/elaboration of top-down expectations. Research suggests forward traveling cortical alpha waves may reflect bottom-up inhibition to enhance signal-to-noise...
Background and Purpose: Anxiety disorders in children are among the most prevalent mental health issues, with widespread negative impacts on their emotional, cognitive
The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy based on mind-body interventions (Tai Chi exercises) on aggression and sensitivity in interpersonal relationships of clients of a correctional center. The present research method was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of the study...
The present study aimed to investigate the impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on the psychological capital and behavioral inhibition and activation of students. This research was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design and a control group. The study population included all fourth-grade elementary school students in Tehran during the 2022-2023 academic year. In...
: Background: For families, especially mothers, the birth of a newborn with congenital defects is frequently difficult and unexpected experience. Purpose: To identify the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on psychological distress, attachment, coping and caring behavior of mothers of neonates with congenital anomalies. Setting : The study was conducted at neonatal intensive...
Abstract Empathy fatigue and burnout are at an all-time high within the mental health professions, and there remains a need to understand protective factors that can address these conditions. The current qualitative study investigated how contemplative practice, such as mindfulness meditation and movement-based practices, can support the remediation of empathy fatigue and burnout. Eleven mental...
Sensory perception and emotional evaluation of a stimulus are deeply interconnected with sensory awareness and attention. Mindfulness meditation is a well-established tool for enhancing attention and awareness, but can this heightened awareness influence how we perceive and emotionally evaluate tactile stimuli? In this work, we investigate how mindfulness meditation influences sensory...