Mindfulness, characterized by present-moment awareness and nonreactive attentional control, has increasingly been examined as a psychological factor associated with safer driving behavior. This is important because motor vehicle crashes remain a significant public health and transportation safety concern, with distracted and aggressive driving linked to attentional lapses, mind-wandering, and...
Abstract Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are behavioral programs, often involving practices like meditation, that aim to cultivate mindfulness , the nonjudgmental awareness of present-moment experience. A growing body of evidence suggests that they are effective for treating a range of physical and mental health conditions. Critics, however, argue that much of this evidence is biased,...
MindfulnessSeptember 25, 2026Senyao Du, Guowen Ai, Shiao Zhao et al.
Proprioception is crucial for physical activities, motor control, balance, and coordination, yet strategies to enhance it remain debated. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may improve proprioception by enhancing body awareness through attention regulation and body-mind synergy. MBIs offer low intensity, low cost, and good repeatability. This study hypothesized that MBIs improve...
InteraçõesSeptember 25, 2026Otávio Augusto Diniz Vieira
This article examines a 14-day Mahasi vipassanā (insight meditation) retreat in Yangon, Myanmar, as a form of lived religion. It aims to analyze how non-self (anattā) emerges in meditative practice as an experiential process and to assess the value of self-ethnography for the study of contemplative practice. The analysis is based on self-ethnographic notes and recordings produced during the...
MindfulnessSeptember 25, 2026K. Asli Basoglu, Dan Stone
Objectives: Financial well-being requires appropriate risk choices. We investigated the effects of alternative mindfulness practices and task motivation quality on financial risk-taking. Method: We explored these issues in four studies: (1) examining the effects of interruptions on risk-taking (study 1, n = 125); (2) introducing “financial” mindfulness (study 2, n = 140); (3) comparing...
Acta PsychologicaSeptember 25, 2026Huimian Bian, Mansor Abu Talib, He Jiang
Quantitative research has reported associations between mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and teacher stress and well-being, but less is known about how teachers themselves retrospectively experience and make sense of learning mindfulness. This interpretative phenomenological study examined eight Chinese junior high school teachers' retrospective accounts following a four-week standardized...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is increasingly understood not simply as a disorder of intrusive thoughts, but as one of how those thoughts are interpreted, regulated, and invested with meaning. This narrative, conceptually oriented review, brings together three literatures that are usually treated separately – mindfulness, Wells’ metacognitive model, and the neurocognitive and neuroimaging...
Frontiers in PsychologySeptember 24, 2026Turan Sezan, Murat Şahbudak, Canan Sarıyar Sezan et al.
Background University students frequently experience stress, appraisals that may negatively relate to health beliefs and motivation for physical activity. Dispositional mindfulness has been identified as a potential psychological resource that may be associated with more adaptive health cognitions under stressful conditions. Purpose This cross-sectional study examined associations among the...
Objective This study aimed to examine the association between sport-specific mindfulness and dispositional flow in collegiate athletes and to test whether cognitive reappraisal and sport confidence showed independent and sequential indirect effects in this association. Methods A total of 583 collegiate athletes from universities in Guangxi, Hebei, Liaoning, and Tianjin, China, completed a...
Derecho y cambio social.September 24, 2026Carla Mariana Café Botelho, Gabriela Nogueira Cavalcante, Camille Soares Monteiro Marques et al.
Este artigo analisa a variação dos escores de ansiedade após uma intervenção de mindfulness com adolescentes de uma escola pública municipal de Eusébio, Ceará. Trata-se de estudo quantitativo, quase experimental, com avaliação antes e depois e sem grupo controle, desenvolvido a partir da pesquisa de mestrado da autora. Participaram 82 estudantes, com idade média de 12,27 anos e faixa observada...
Contact with nature supports psychological health, yet whether the quality of mindful engagement matters more than the quantity of exposure remains unclear. This pilot randomized controlled trial examined a brief, structured nature-based mindfulness program’s effects on mental well-being, perceived stress, and nature connectedness relative to an unstructured outdoor walking control....
This study examined whether brief Sahaja Yoga Meditation (SYM) was associated with changes in perceived stress and resilience, and whether observed changes were robust across analytic samples. First- and second-semester undergraduate nursing students at a private U.S. health sciences university (January-May 2026). Single-group pre-post intervention study. Twenty-minute SYM sessions were...
Abstract Many qualitative methods textbooks instruct researchers to begin by declaring their paradigm position from a standard typology, such as positivist, postpositivist, constructivist, critical, and poststructural paradigms, and to ensure methodological coherence with that position. This typology is often perceived to be a comprehensive framework for locating research positions. We argue...
BACKGROUND: The experience of discrimination among pregnant women of color is linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Mindfulness training, in which participants are taught to observe stressors with acceptance and curiosity, may mitigate psychological consequences of discrimination. However, prior trials of mindfulness have lacked racial and ethnic diversity and may not be culturally congruent...
Background: Chronic pain (CP) is a complex and prevalent public health condition that significantly impacts physical functioning, psychological well-being, and quality of life. Traditional biomedical treatments often provide limited relief, highlighting the need for integrative approaches. Biopsychosocial interventions, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), have shown promise in...
Burnout merupakan salah satu persoalan krusial yang menuntut atensi khusus bagi guru PAUD akibat padatnya tuntutan profesi yang menuntut keterlibatan interaksi intensif bersama anak didik, wali murid, kolega, serta dibebani oleh tanggung jawab edukatif dan administratif. Riset ini difokuskan untuk menguji peranan mindfulness in teaching serta dukungan sosial terhadap burnout pada guru PAUD di...
Chronic psychological stress is a major public health problem with adverse effects on mental health, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and work functioning. Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a standardised meditation that may reduce stress and enhance wellbeing, yet long-term evidence in workplace settings is limited. This study evaluated the effect of TM on perceived stress and related...
Bank employees work in an environment characterized by customer pressure, targets, extended working hours, and long-term digital engagement. These result in increased stress and emotional turbulence among employees, which, in turn, affects psychological well-being. Meditation, a practice that originated in ancient times, can be used as a workplace wellness strategy to combat stress and boost...
Meditation is being integrated into various fields to aid with healing, especially mindfulness meditation as it focuses on total awareness of the present. This thesis describes a self study that used a heuristic methodology to investigate the effects of mindfulness meditation on this researcher. I progressed through the six phases of heuristic research in a period seven weeks. At the beginning...