For all the gifts of healing that the field of psychology has offered, its colonial roots of disconnection and domination continue to obstruct collective well-being in three particular ways: individualism, disembodiment, and secularization. We offer a healing and liberatory antidote: love as a decolonial praxis of reconnection to each other, to our bodies, and to Spirit. We reflexively...
Meditation has been demonstrated to benefit adolescent mental health. This research examined various meditation styles practiced in northern Thailand to determine which were associated with positive and negative mental health outcomes in adolescents. High school students who were 15-18 years old and who were enrolled in grades 10-12 in either secular or Buddhist Thai boarding schools were...
Athletes often struggle to maintain attentional focus and performance consistency under pressure, particularly during high-stakes tasks like penalty kicks. This study examined the effects of brief mindfulness training on visual attention behaviors and penalty kick performance among university football players under non-pressure and pressure conditions. The study comprises two experiments:...
Long-term physiological, psychological, economic, and lifestyle pressures make maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients prone to anxiety and depression. This study aims to evaluate the effects of mindfulness meditation combined with progressive muscle relaxation on sleep and emotional disorders in hemodialysis patients with sarcopenia. Patients with uremic sarcopenia and sleep issues were...
Hwabyung is a Korean culture-bound syndrome characterized by anger-related physical and psychological symptoms. Depressive disorder is a common mental disorder that occurs worldwide and is highly comorbid with Hwabyung. In traditional East Asian medicine, both Hwabyung and depression are associated with an imbalance in vital energy termed qi. Mindfulness induces psychosomatic balance, and...
PeerJ2025Xinjian Xu, Borhannudin Bin Abdullah, Shamsulariffin Bin Samsudin et al.3 citations
University students are increasingly vulnerable to mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, which have been associated with academic stress, job market uncertainty, and lifestyle-related factors such as physical inactivity and poor sleep habits. Mindful movement, defined as structured programs integrating mindfulness practice with physical movement, offers a holistic approach to...
Mindfulness has been adopted from its origins in Buddhist philosophy and is now widely applied in Western psychology. Existing research suggests this has been beneficial. The aim of this study is to identify possible areas for further integration of Buddhist approaches into current mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) from the perspective of individuals from a range of geographical areas who...
The study anchors on the conservation of resource theory and examines the impact of mindfulness techniques on athletic performance through the mediating role of mental resilience and the moderating effect of emotional intelligence. Data were collected from 332 athletes in China using a time-lagged survey method over three waves. The proposed model was tested using partial least squares...
School Mental Health2025Jiying Ling, Autumn Ashley, Nagwan Zahry et al.2 citations
Mindfulness-based interventions are increasingly recognized for their positive impact on children's physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral health. However, no mindfulness-based lifestyle interventions have focused on improving both the physical and mental well-being of economically marginalized preschoolers. Therefore, this one-group study aimed to examine feasibility, acceptability, and...
This study aims to systematically evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PsycINFO and ERIC was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published up to December 31, 2024, that assessed the effects of...
In this review, we examine studies suggesting that conscious or mental awareness is constrained by our neural filters. These filters include sensory receptors, the ascending reticular activating system and the thalamus, the default mode network, and left hemisphere language centers. These filters limit our perception of the world to a narrow range of energy frequencies, make sense of space and...
Adolescents are increasingly exposed to global challenges, making it important to promote a sense of global identity-defined as a psychological connection with humanity as a whole. While scholars have highlighted the role of mindfulness and restorativeness in promoting global identity per se, there is a lack of studies hypothesizing their involvement in a unique framework and adopting virtual...
Mindfulness has gained prominence as an effective tool for managing stress and preventing depression. However, many workers in Japan find it challenging to commit to lengthy mindfulness sessions. This study addressed this issue by developing a six-session online mindfulness program tailored to Japanese workers, which emphasizes decentering (the ability to view thoughts and emotions as separate...
Chronic pain (CP) often co-occurs with depression, but promising scalable interventions have been under-investigated. We assessed the effectiveness of the virtually-delivered Sahaj Samadhi Meditation (SSM) program in reducing depressive symptoms in people with CP and moderate depressive symptoms. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing SSM to the Health Enhancement Program (HEP),...
Social connection is crucial for well-being and health. Dyadic meditations-contemplative practices carried out by two people together-have the potential to foster connection. In the dyadic "Just-Like-Me" (JLM) meditation, two participants gaze at each other while contemplating sentences emphasizing their shared humanity. We assessed the psychological impacts of this exercise, as well as the...
Meditation has long been known to promote health. We utilized a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the impact of mind-body interventions on the body in a twin cohort during a week-long meditation retreat. This study was designed to address individual changes controlling for intersubject trait variation and explore the role of genetic background on multi-omic factors during meditation....
Adolescence is marked by major puberty-induced changes including increased reactivity to stress and a peak incidence of mental disorders. The implementation of early interventions during this developmental period is essential to prevent mental disorders. In this clinical trial, we examined the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on internalizing symptoms, affects, and...
Mental health of emerging, young adults remains a concern, particularly in lower income groups who receive less mental healthcare. Mindfulness-based interventions yield mental health benefits and have been widely applied, though reach and accessibility remain limited. Poor mental health can negatively impact job performance, physical health, and life trajectories. A mindfulness elective was...
Depression is a common and growing mental health problem, with around 5% of the world's population experiencing an episode of depression during their lifetime. Relapse rates are high, with around half experiencing more than one depressive episode and a further 10-20% experiencing a chronic and persistent depression. Mindfulness has been incorporated into treatments for depression and several...
Chronic insomnia disorder (CID) is highly prevalent and impacts individuals' physiological, psychological and social functions. Although cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the recommended first-line treatment option for CID, approximately 20% of patients still exhibit limited effectiveness. The literature has shown that mindfulness can benefit CBT-I protocols and that...