Background: Older adults often face challenges such as bereavement, reduced income and loss of purpose after retirement. Despite their societal contributions, exposure to ageism can adversely affect their mental health. According to WHO, around 14% of adults aged 60 and above live with a mental issues like depression, anxiety and stress. Mantras are considered effective for addressing mental...
Introduction: Psychological wellbeing among young adults has declined globally, along with rising levels of depression, creating an educational and societal crisis and highlighting the urgent need for school-based mental health interventions. In response, the Body-Mind Axial Awareness (BMAA) method-an embodied body-mind enhancement program rooted in East Asian self-cultivation traditions-was...
South Asian immigrant women face elevated cardiometabolic risk at lower body mass indices and higher rates of mood and anxiety disorders compared to White women. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and effects of a culturally adapted lifestyle intervention combining Ashtanga-based yoga with mindfulness on mental, functional and cardiometabolic outcomes in South Asian immigrant women...
The Family JournalApril 7, 2026Selen Gungor, Seher Merve Erus, Seydi Ahmet Satıcı
The level of marital adjustment of married individuals, which is an important value area, is considered important both individually and socially. Acceptance and commitment therapy approach is increasingly applied in marital relationships. The importance of examining the relationships between mindfulness, valued living, and experiential avoidance and marital adjustment has become evident over...
This is a theoretical review of recent studies regarding the correlation between meditation and psychological capital (PsyCap) in regard to faculty members, with a particular emphasis on the well-being, work engagement, and performance outcomes in higher education. Faculty work has been described as involving high cognitive load, emotional work and long-term performance stress, which require...
This review is based on the Job DemandsResources (JD-R) theory and looks at meditation as a self-resource within an academic context and its application in faculty burnout, work-engaging interest, and general efficiency. The paper is based on the recent empirical and conceptual research published during the period of 2021-2025 and is used to synthesize the evidence regarding the way...
L'EncephaleApril 7, 2026Déborah Eymond, Alyson Miquel, Anais Duffaud et al.
Military personnel are frequently exposed to traumatic situations that can lead to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD complicates their reintegration due to the high risk of retraumatization. To support the reintegration of injured servicemen and women, the army has developed the Omega program which includes courses at the Centre des Blessés de l'Armée de Terre (CReBAT). These...
Mindfulness meditation apps are associated with significant health benefits, yet many new app subscribers have low engagement and are unlikely to attain these benefits.This study examined the user characteristics that predict meditation app usage during the first eight weeks after subscribing. New meditation app subscribers (N = 304) completed a baseline survey which measured demographics,...
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and mechanisms of a two-week Brief Mindfulness Meditation (BMM) intervention for stress and emotion dysregulation in young Chinese men. In a randomized controlled trial, with 85 male participants (aged 20-30) were assigned to either a two-week BMM intervention (15 min daily) or a control group with neutral audio interventions. Pre- and post-intervention...
Altered states of consciousness (ASC) represent a universal human capacity for accessing and transforming the subconscious mind, employed across cultures and millennia through diverse contemplative, somatic, pharmacological, ritual, and technological modalities. This comprehensive review synthesizes evidence from over 25 distinct disciplines spanning five clusters: (A) contemplative and...
Scientific objectivity is traditionally understood as a regulative ideal achieved through methodological rigor,intersubjective verification, and empirical testing. However, this conception presupposes relatively stable cognitive conditions under which observation and interpretation occur. Drawing on insights from cognitive neuroscience, predictive processing, and contemplative research, this...
A major global health concern, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is exacerbated by hypertension, contributing to renal impairment and increased cardiovascular risk, particularly in hemodialysis patients with intradialytic hypertension. This pilot study assessed the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in managing blood pressure among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Ten...
Significance Many college students experience introductory physics courses as psychologically threatening contexts. Yet, succeeding in these high-stakes gateway courses is necessary to declare majors in engineering and physical sciences. We tested whether mindfulness, which centers attention to subjective experiences, can help provide students with tools to navigate their physics-related...
Background: Anxiety is a common psychological problem experienced by patients with Diabetes Mellitus and can negatively affect disease management and quality of life. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) combined with 40 Hz music frequency is that may help reduce anxiety and improve quality of life in patients with chronic diseases. Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of...
This study investigated whether gender moderates the effects of online mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on mental health outcomes in non-clinical populations. Specifically, we explored gender-related patterns in emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility. Data were obtained from a randomised controlled trial employing a crossover design in 2022 and 2023. Three hundred Japanese workers...
Religious practices have long been studied for their psychological effects, yet their relationship to human pleasure systems remains underexplored. This study investigates how practices such as prayer, scripture chanting, asceticism, and meditation interact with neural pleasure circuits. Through neurobiological analysis and psychological evidence, we examine responses documented during various...
Abstract Background Resilience is acknowledged to be an important component for successful aging in older adults, but there is scant evidence with which to inform public health interventions for this age group. The aim of this study is to determine whether the public health intervention, ‘mindfulness for later life’ is both feasible and acceptable to older adults. Methods Participants were...
Objective: To assess the level of depersonalization among critical care nurses prior to the implementation of the MBCT, to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a psychological intervention to manage depersonalization among critical care nurses. Study Design: A quasi-experimental studyPlace and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Critical Care Units of...
This research aims to identify the impact of Sufi meditation on some styles of Egyptian art across the ages (Ancient 3200 BC - 323 BC), (Coptic 30 BC - 640 AD), (Islamic 640 AD - 1805 AD), (Modern 1805 AD - present). Benefiting from the analysis and interpretation of the influence of Sufi meditation philosophy on Egyptian art throughout Egyptian history, this study explores the appreciation of...
Education in arts is important in the development of creativity, arts expression and communication of culture. Nevertheless, the conventional training of performing arts tends to emphasize more on the development of technical skills and the preparation of performance to the exclusion of the physical and psychological health of performers. This study examines how yoga and mindfulness can be...