Substance use disorders (SUDs) affect the lives of more than 35 million people worldwide, according to 2019 data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Current evidence suggests that MBIs may mitigate the harmful psychosocial effects associated with SUDs. Although MBIs have been extensively studied for efficacy, there remains a growing need to synthesize evidence from relevant...
Violence and victimsJuly 15, 2026Thomas J Shaw, Kaitlyn Westerhold, Allison Tobar-Santamaria et al.
We examined whether the effects of a brief, guided mindful meditation (MM) exercise on aggression perpetration differed based on an individual's baseline ability to nonjudgmentally observe the present moment (i.e., dispositional mindfulness). One hundred two college students (56.1% women; 78.9% White) completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and were randomly assigned to either a...
Brain SciencesJuly 15, 2026Anastasia V. Kotelnikova, Vera M. Ruzinova, Maria G. Kiseleva et al.
Background: Anxiety disorders are prevalent and debilitating. Given challenges in maintaining mindfulness at one-month remission, integrative approaches targeting anxiety and psychological resources (especially mindfulness) have gained interest. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of adding biofeedback to the treatment of anxiety disorders. Methods: Inpatients with anxiety disorder...
Abstract: One of India’s most lasting intellectual and spiritual traditions is yoga. Yoga, which has its roots in the Sanskritic tradition of ancient India, offers a comprehensive philosophy of life that goes beyond its modern understanding as a discipline of physical practice. The goal of yoga is to harmonise the body, mind, and awareness. It is derived from the Sanskrit linguistic root yuj,...
This study investigated the efficacy of a two-week online audio-guided loving-kindness meditation (LKM) program compared with mindfulness meditation (MF) and an active control (AC) group in a healthy university population. The study consisted of an overarching trial (N = 130), with a nested laboratory stress testing (N = 50). The full-sample subjective outcomes involved psychological distress,...
Abstract This randomized controlled trial examined whether mindfulness-based exposure and response prevention (MB-EX/RP) improves outcomes for adults with comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depressive disorder (M, addressing cognitive rigidity and emotion dysregulation that can limit standard exposure and response prevention. Fifty-four participants were assigned to MB-EX/RP...
Children and adolescents living in orphanages face various developmental challenges related to social, emotional, and psychological aspects. Therefore, character development programs are needed to support their ability to cope with life challenges. This community service program aimed to improve leadership and mindfulness competencies among children and adolescents at Mekar Lestari Orphanage...
Abstract This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school‑based mindfulness training program on internalizing problems among Chinese rural left‑behind children (RLBC) and to explore potential underlying mechanisms. A total of 102 RLBC (age = 12.86 ± 0.56) in the experimental group received a 10‑week school‑based mindfulness intervention, while 109 RLBC ( age =...
Abstract Simone Weil stands squarely within the apophatic tradition, but she also occupies an original position within it, having developed many themes in the wake of a mystical experience at the age of 29. One such theme, which originated in her meditation on Christ’s kenosis (Ph. 2:7) and how we can imitate it, is that of “decreation” (décréation). Another is attention (l’attention), which...
This study investigated the effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mental Health Literacy Education (MHLE) on sleep disturbance and suicidal ideation among senior secondary school students in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria. Sleep disturbance and suicidal ideation are increasingly recognised as causally linked through shared pathways of rumination and...
Research SquareJuly 13, 2026Rachel Shanks, Stephanie Thomson, Charlaine Simpson et al.
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Abstract Objectives This paper reports on the development of a culturally adapted, school-based mindfulness intervention (SBMI) for delivery in schools in Rwanda and Ethiopia as part of an interdisciplinary applied health research project on child and adolescent mental wellbeing. Against a backdrop of rising global concern about child and adolescent mental health and limited evidence-based...
Mindfulness-based interventions have demonstrated benefits for emotional regulation, psychological resilience, and well-being, yet the structural mechanisms through which mindfulness produces sustained transformation remain insufficiently articulated. Existing explanations—attention regulation, body awareness, decentring, emotion regulation, neuroplasticity—are typically presented as parallel...
Background Mindful breathing is a well-established method for inducing relaxation, but anxious individuals often struggle to enter a mindful state. Liuzijue breathing, a traditional Chinese practice involving controlled abdominal movements, low-pitched vocalization, and guided mental focus, may facilitate mindful breathing and enhance its efficacy. This study examined whether combining Liuzijue...
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was developed for relapse prevention in people with remitted depression but is increasingly used for those with difficult-to-treat depression (DTD). A key question regarding this broader application is whether ongoing depressive symptoms constrain therapeutic responsiveness or disrupt MBCT's proposed mechanism, decentering. We explored whether baseline...
MindfulnessJuly 13, 2026Regula Neuenschwander, Donna Bryce, Janina Eberhart
Abstract Objectives Theoretical models propose metacognition to be one of the underlying cognitive mechanisms of mindfulness. However, only few studies have examined metacognition objectively with laboratory tasks in relation to mindfulness. Here, we investigated whether the metacognitive process of monitoring and its accuracy are associated with mindfulness-based meditation practice. Method In...
Are there benefits to mindfulness in the workplace? The answer is clear. In this Counterpoint to Sajons and Antonakis (in press), we consider the research evidence showing that mindfulness contributes to enhanced workplace well‐being, healthy social dynamics, and job performance. This interdisciplinary mindfulness literature is notable for its rigor and breadth, which bolsters confidence in the...
This study was motivated by the increasing prevalence of academic stress among students at an Islamic Junior High School in Padang. Although Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has been widely demonstrated to be effective across various educational and clinical settings worldwide, its application within faith-based educational environments, particularly Islamic madrasas in Indonesia,...
This essay introduces the Neuro-Existential Architecture System (NEAS) as a newly proposed neurophilosophical heuristic for interpreting Buddhist meditation in terms of predictive engagement. Moving beyond representationalist readings of predictive processing, it argues that meditation should not be understood primarily as the modification of internal models, but as a transformation of...
BACKGROUND: University students, especially those involved in peer support roles such as Junior Helpers within public health programs often face a variety of academic, emotional, and interpersonal challenges. This study investigates the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in enhancing resilience among Junior Helpers enrolled in the School of Public Health in Thailand....
Abstract This article analyzes passages found in Tibetan writings from the early Great Perfection tradition that prescribe the cultivation and consumption of psychoactive fungi as an integral part of the Buddhist path. It identifies these passages as the first instances discovered in premodern Buddhist literature in which the use of psychedelics is unambiguously prescribed to hasten progress...