This preliminary study aimed to develop a draft loving-kindness meditation (mettā bhāvanā)-based training program for meditation specialist teachers and to explore its feasibility and potential effects prior to a full-scale study. The research questions were as follows: First, what components should be included in a loving-kindness meditation-based training program for meditation specialist...
Meditation has long been associated with improvements in mental well-being, emotional regulation, and attentional control. However, the diversity of meditative techniques and variability in participant expertise across studies have hindered the systematic identification of their neurophysiological correlates. To address this challenge, we investigated the neurophysiological signatures of...
Emotion regulation is an important developmental task for senior high school students, yet a preliminary study at SMAN 1 Ciruas showed that 68.1% of 426 students (from the Student Needs Questionnaire) had not been able to manage their emotions adaptively, and about 112 students had spontaneously used unstructured writing to release negative emotions. This study aimed to describe the level of...
Introduction: Romantic relationships play a pivotal role in young adulthood, and attachment insecurity has consistently been linked to lower romantic relationship satisfaction. Mindfulness- and compassion-based resources may be associated with this link, helping to clarify how satisfaction varies among insecurely attached individuals. Building on this idea, the present study examined whether...
Objective: To examine the relationships between mindfulness, self-compassion, and compassion fatigue, and to determine the predictive roles of mindfulness and self-compassion on compassion fatigue among clinical nurses. Method: This cross-sectional correlational study included 220 nurses in a public hospital between March and June 2024. Data were collected via Personal Information Form, Mindful...
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with motor dysfunction and a broad range of non-motor symptoms. Common neuropsychiatric manifestations, such as anxiety and depression, may interfere with participation in rehabilitation and quality of life overall. Emotional distress before physiotherapy can impair attentional control, reduce motivation, and have detrimental...
The growing global burden of mental health disorders has highlighted the limitations of exclusively biomedical and symptom-focused treatment models, prompting renewed interest in holistic and culturally rooted approaches to psychological well-being. Indian psychological traditions—particularly yoga, meditation, and mindfulness—offer comprehensive frameworks that integrate cognitive, emotional,...
Introduction Although meditation practice encompasses both intrapersonal and interpersonal dimensions, the differential effects of individual versus group meditation settings (IS vs. GS) remain largely unexplored. This study aimed to reduce this gap by comparing the effects of a mindfulness meditation session performed in the two settings, focusing in particular on mind-wandering (MW) dynamics....
Tropical climates can impair aerobic performance and alter psychological responses during exercise. Mindfulness-based intervention has been associated with improvements in sport performance; however, to our knowledge, no studies have examined their effects on running performance in a Tropical Climate (TC). The present study aimed to investigate whether a 6-week mindfulness intervention was...
Frontiers in PsychologyAugust 26, 2026Obinna O. Ike, Ebele Evelyn Nnadozie, Elisha John Igwe
Introduction: Mental health challenges among bank employees represent a growing public health concern with substantial individual and organizational consequences. Guided by the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model and Emotion Regulation Theory, this study examined the mediating role of emotional intelligence (EI) in the relationships between workplace stress, trait mindfulness, and person-job fit...
Objective: To evaluate changes in psychological distress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, sleep problems, and pain intensity associated with participation in an embedded micro-mindfulness program among patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care, and to explore factors associated with psychological symptom response. Methods: This single-center, prospective, non-randomized...
OBJECTIVE: Muslim communities in North America face significant mental health challenges that are exacerbated by Islamophobia, social isolation, and spiritual incongruence. Spiritually adapted mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) tailored to Islamic principles have emerged as promising approaches. This scoping review explores how Islamic mindfulness practices are defined and implemented to...
Scientific ReportsAugust 26, 2026Guiqing Zheng, Yandie He, Shuqing Liu et al.
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a major public health concern that substantially raises the risk of adolescent school bullying. While mindfulness alleviates trauma-related distress by enhancing emotional regulation, its mediating effect on the link between maltreatment and bullying remains poorly understood. This cross-sectional study recruited 27,530 adolescents aged 10–17 years. Multilevel...
This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the effects of meditation on physical and mental health in adults (ages 18 to 75) living with chronic physical health conditions. Meditation research in medical contexts has concentrated almost entirely on brief structured mindfulness programs such as MBSR and MBCT. Preliminary evidence from this literature indicates that mindfulness practice can...
Purpose To explore the experiences of individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain who participated in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, focusing on how the program content and mindfulness practices translated into participants’ lives and how it impacted their pain.Materials and methods We conducted a qualitative descriptive study with 10 (7 women; mean age = 46.5 years, SD...
Abstract Resilience interventions, such as mindfulness, have been identified as effective strategies for reducing burnout and enhancing well-being. However, the burgeoning body of heterogeneous literature has yielded diverse evidence regarding the effectiveness of resilience interventions for nurses' psychological health. This umbrella review aimed to assess the effectiveness of...
Background Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been demonstrated to enhance emotional functioning, but little is known regarding the brief mindfulness training’s effects on various psychological symptoms and positive psychological resources in the long term, especially when compared to both passive and active control conditions. This study aimed to examine the effects of brief...