Journal of Clinical Oncology
September 16, 2026
Yan Ma, Linda E. Carlson, Jennifer M Jones et al.
Sleep, fatigue, and pain are common symptoms in cancer survivors. Mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) and Tai Chi/Qigong (TCQ) are beneficial for these conditions, but have not been studied together. The Mindfulness and Tai Chi for Cancer Health (MATCH) study was designed to incorporate innovative design features, including patient choice, while evaluating two interventions for distressed...
International Journal for the Study of New Religions
September 16, 2026
Huong Quoc Nguyen
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have proliferated globally and demonstrably enhance mental health and wellbeing. Their relationship to sati, as presented in early Buddhist Nikāya literature, remains contested. This paper offers a systematic comparison of MBIs and sati across concepts, methods, and outcomes. Using a review of MBI protocols and textual analysis of key Pāli Nikāyas, it maps...
PLoS One
September 16, 2026
Olivia Young, Katherine O'Connell, Naomi Nero et al.
Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM), a contemplative practice that aims to promote social well-being, has also been linked to lower self-reported pain symptoms. However, it remains unknown whether LKM can reduce pain through having a positive impact on social well-being, as well as whether LKM can improve self-reported acute pain and objectively measured acute pain tolerance among a general,...
Pedagogic Research - Applied Literacy Journal
September 16, 2026
Dyah Ayu Kartika Wulan Sari, Mariana Puspita
Workers in small-scale food-processing industries, including cracker (kerupuk) factories, are at risk of work-related stress due to monotonous and repetitive production activities and daily production targets. Attention to workers’ mental health in small-scale industries remains limited because business owners generally prioritize production continuity. This study aimed to assess the...
September 16, 2026
Anders Meland
This chapter offers a practitioner’s account of implementing a meditation-based mindfulness training (MT) intervention with a professional male soccer team in Norway. Drawing on prior research with military aviators, the author walks through each phase of the intervention—from initial meetings with the coach and players, through a 10-hour introductory course, four plenary follow-up sessions...
Journal of Surgical Simulation
September 16, 2026
Kassim Ahman
Background: Surgeons often operate in high-stress environments, where elevated stress levels can impair performance.Mindfulness has shown promise in regulating stress in experienced clinicians and high-pressure environments.However, its effects on early technical skill acquisition and self-perception in novice learners remain unclear.This study investigated whether a brief pre-task mindfulness...
Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
September 16, 2026
Shih‐Hsien Lin, Muhammad Abdullah, Huai‐Hsuan Tseng et al.
Objective: Mindfulness is an effective non-pharmacological intervention for mental health.However, little is known about the underlying neurological mechanisms involved, especially glutamate, -aminobutyric acid (GABA), and the excitation-inhibition (E-I) balance.This study examined changes in these markers after mindfulness training and whether these changes are related to the baseline...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 16, 2026
Fang Shen, Hui Zhou, Tongming Zhang
Background and objective Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in childhood. Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been proposed as promising non-pharmacological treatments, evidence regarding their efficacy in children and adolescents with ADHD remains inconsistent. Methods A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane...
September 16, 2026
Tiffany Field
Current publications on meditation and mindfulness meditation are reviewed in this paper. The prevalence of meditation has been estimated at 18%. Psychological problems have been reduced by meditation including stress and depression. The physiological effects that have been reported for meditation include increased heart rate variability and decreased respiration rate, blood pressure,...
PsyArXiv Preprints
September 16, 2026
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The sense of self is fundamental to experience, yet its neural basis remains unresolved. Contemplative traditions and empirical evidence suggest it can be voluntarily dissolved while retaining awareness, offering a window onto this question. We combined magnetoencephalography with in-depth phenomenology in long-term meditators (N=45, mean 3,832 practice hours) who reliably modulated...
arXiv Preprint Archive
September 16, 2026
Jonas Hummel, Luisa Faust, Elias Müller et al.
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We present EarStreAM, a closed-loop earable system for stress-adaptive meditation that integrates in-ear physiological sensing with personalized, real-time intervention. Leveraging OpenEarable 2.0's multimodal sensing, EarStreAM continuously monitors physiological signals and detects elevated stress from heart rate and heart rate variability. Upon detection, the system initiates a personalized...
Leadership Education Personality An Interdisciplinary Journal
September 15, 2026
2Dr. Jitendra Chicholkar 1Rahul Tiwari
Mindfulness-based techniques have gained significant attention as complementary treatments for managing anxiety and stress in individuals with psychiatric conditions. This study explores the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in alleviating these symptoms among patients with various psychiatric disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety...
Warwick Research Archive Portal
September 15, 2026
Hana Sysalová
This doctoral thesis presents three Studies covering the topics of mindfulness, its measurement, and its effect on a paradigm of persistence with behavioural change. The paradigm is introduced in Study 1 as a novel way of assessing persistence with behavioural change. Persistence is assumed to be necessary if one wishes to shift from a habitual to a novel behaviour as the latter option provides...
Warwick Research Archive Portal
September 15, 2026
Dean Howes
Despite a burgeoning evidence-base (Black 2018), there exists a number of issues and debates in the developing field of mindfulness that impact upon its pedagogy. These create an “unstable ground” (McCown, Reibel and Micozzi, 2010, p3) for teachers of mindfulness, such as myself. According to McCown (2017; 2014), tensions often arise from the disconnects between drives to create a standardised,...
Warwick Research Archive Portal
September 15, 2026
Celeste Duff
This thesis explores the mobilization and diversity of mindfulness with children. This study recognizes that although the growth of mindfulness is a global trend, mindfulness is a relatively new and emerging trend in education. The diversity of how and why mindfulness can be mobilized and delivered with children is limited in previous studies and existing literature. There is also limited...
Warwick Research Archive Portal
September 15, 2026
Erol Čopelj
This work develops a phenomenological account of mindfulness, and related phenomena. It is divided into two main parts. The aim of part one is to articulate a pre-phenomenological sketch of mindfulness (and related phenomena) by (1) drawing on passages from some of the classic works of Western literature and everyday life, (2) through an interpretation of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and (3) by the...
Healthcare
September 15, 2026
Elena Merlo-González, David Bermejo-Martínez, Rubén García-Fernández et al.
Background/Objectives: Unemployment is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and may negatively affect quality of life. This review aimed to synthesize evidence on the effects of mindfulness interventions on quality of life in unemployed or inactive populations and describe evidence on the relationship between mindfulness-related practices and sense of coherence (SOC), as...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 15, 2026
Ivanna J. Joseph, Adam Schiavi, Dylan Bruschi
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We propose a falsifiable framework in which the benefit of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during contemplative training depends on the practice being performed. Focused attention (FA), open monitoring (OM), and loving-kindness/compassion (LK) engage overlapping networks with potentially different functional emphases. We hypothesize that FA benefits more from a...
Scientific Reports
September 15, 2026
Sakshi Chauhan, Sahil Sankhyan, Kirti Tripathi et al.
Zen meditation has been widely recognized for its psychological and physiological benefits; however, the differential impacts of meditation experience on psychophysiological biomarkers remain underexplored. This study bridges a crucial gap by investigating how Zen meditation influences anxiety, sleep quality, and EEG-derived brain activity in novice and experienced meditators. Over three days,...
Mindfulness
September 15, 2026
Diana C. Parra, Abel Regassa, Bethel Ataro et al.
Abstract Objectives Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have increasingly been implemented outside clinical environments and within community settings such as schools, workplaces, community health programs, and digital platforms. While the effectiveness of MBIs for improving psychological well-being is well established, less is known about the processes through which community-based...