Frontiers in PsychiatryJanuary 24, 2025Netra Raj Paudel, Prakash K C, Clas-Håkan Nygård et al.
Background: We aimed to assess the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive behavior therapy (MB-CBT) as an intervention to reduce burnout among secondary school teachers in Nepal. Methods: The baseline survey of this randomized controlled trial included 218 secondary school teachers from 37 schools in Kathmandu. At a one-month follow-up, 192 teachers completed post-test survey. The Maslach...
Physician burnout is widespread in health care systems, with harmful consequences on physicians, patients, and health care organizations. Mindfulness training (MT) has proven effective in reducing burnout; however, its time-consuming requirements often pose challenges for physicians who are already struggling with their busy schedules. This study aimed to design a short and pragmatic digital MT...
Behavioral SciencesJanuary 24, 2025Taranah Gazder, Erica Ruby Drummond, Mine Gelegen et al.
Meditation interventions have important benefits, including potentially helping those with higher attachment anxiety and avoidance enjoy better personal and relational growth. This preregistered and reproducible systematic map sought to identify the extent and scope of experimental evidence investigating the role of mindfulness, loving-kindness, and compassion-based multi-session meditation...
Kuluni Methsala became second place in Sri Lanka on Ordinary level examination. Her success is a testament to the profound impact of meditation. Her dedication to mindfulness and meditation practices has been the cornerstone of her achievements. Meditation has cultivated mental clarity, focus, and emotional resilience, enabling her to overcome challenges and excel academically. This...
Latar Belakang: kecemasan merupakan suatu problem psikologis yang sering dialami oleh para mahasiswa. Kecemasan berkaitan adanya perasaan cemas dari suatu lingkungan akademik termasuk pengajar dan ataupun tugas akhir seperti skripsi. Mindfulness suatu metode meditasi yang meredakan stress ataupun kecemasan yang banyak diterapkan oleh orang. Menurut World Health Organisation (WHO), prevelensi...
Objectives This study aimed to determine the relationship between mindfulness, self-esteem, and decision-making. The study focused to examine the relationship primarily between mindfulness and decision-making, with self-esteem as a mediator and experience as a moderator among teachers in Saudi Arabia. Methods A survey was conducted among teachers in Saudi Arabia and was completed by 525...
Enhancing wellbeing among pre-service teachers through a mindfulness-based social and emotional learning curriculum: a quasi-experimental study in China.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program in mitigating anxiety and depression levels in patients suffering from chronic illnesses. To this end, qualitative research techniques were employed, encompassing in-depth interviews and participant observation, in order to gather data from a cohort of twelve patients who had...
Mind wandering (MW) encompasses both a deliberate and a spontaneous disengagement of attention from the immediate external environment to unrelated internal thoughts. Importantly, MW has been suggested to have an inverse relationship with mindfulness, a state of nonjudgmental awareness of present-moment experience. Although they are, respectively, associated with increased and decreased...
This research examines the efficacy of a randomized controlled trial of bibliotherapy for reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression among women in prison. Forty women were randomly assigned to a 5-week bibliotherapy intervention with no therapist contact or a waitlist control group. Participants were provided a workbook based on principles of mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy....
The main objective of this article was to explore in depth the subjective experiences of higher education students in their mindfulness meditation practice, with a particular focus on the mental and emotional changes they perceive through their mindfulness practice in their daily academic life, as well as the specific challenges they encountered in the process. The study adopted a qualitative...
Heart rate variability (HRV) signals provide a non-invasive way of analyzing the functioning of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), providing important information on how mental states affect the body. This study focused on how HRV features change during meditation compared to pre-meditation states. In this work, we propose analysis of HRV signals using nonlinear features including the...
In his 1930 book "Civilization and Its Discontents", Freud advocated a new and secular science of psychotherapy as a pragmatic alternative to the traditional healing techniques offered by religions. Since then, Western psychology/psychiatry has operated separately from religion [1]. However, in recent years, robust research has confirmed the potential of qualities such as love, compassion, and...
This study assessed the impact of mindfulness-based group therapy and counseling on emotional intelligence, mindfulness, stress, happiness, self-compassion, and compassion for others among clinical psychology students. A quasi-experimental design was employed involving fourth-year undergraduate students in a clinical psychology program at a university in northeastern Thailand. Fourteen...
Emotional and behavioral problems represent a spectrum of issues that impact adolescents’ optimal growth and development. This two-arm randomized trial assessed yoga’s role in improving physical fitness, mindfulness, self-esteem, cognitive functions, and emotional and behavioral problems in 90 adolescents, aged 11 to 15, of both genders. Participants were randomly assigned to either the yoga or...
Mental time travel enables humans to project life episodes into the future, shaping present behaviour through episodic future thinking. This study explored the effects of repeated mental time travel from the present to the end of life on the time perception and emotional experiences of young adults. Unlike previous studies that focused solely on a single moment (present or death), we introduced...
PsychopharmacologyJanuary 18, 2025Sharon R. Sznitman, Yoel A. Behar, Sheila Daniela Dicker-Oren et al.3 citations
Abstract Rationale To examine the acute effects of ayahuasca use and their relationship to sub-acute changes in affect and mindfulness in a non-clinical sample, addressing the need for a better understanding of ayahuasca’s immediate and short-term impacts as interest in its use grows. Objectives Using prospective ecological assessment, this study investigates how ayahuasca used at a 4-day...
Mindfulness facilitates accepting with kindness and non-judgmentally the reality of the present moment and acknowledge the pleasant or unpleasant feelings caused by the present situation or by automatic negative thoughts. Continued practice cultivates awareness, willingness, and a positive outlook on stressful events, thereby helping to fully experience moments with greater insight and wisdom...
JMIR Formative ResearchJanuary 17, 2025Silvia Rizzi, Maria Chiara Pavesi, Alessia Moser et al.
BackgroundPregnancy is a complex period characterized by significant transformations. How a woman adapts to these changes can affect her quality of life and psychological well-being. Recently developed digital solutions have assumed a crucial role in supporting the psychological well-being of pregnant women. However, these tools have mainly been developed for women who already present...