Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
2014
Rachna Butola, Renu Chauhan
2 citations
Background of the study: People who have undergone extensive meditation have shown improvement on cognitive performance .It does this by training and bringing mental processes under greater voluntary control and direction them in beneficial ways. This study was designed with the purpose to observe the effectiveness of mindful meditation on attention, short term memory and visual reaction time...
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
2014
B. Peilot, P. Andréll, Anita Samuelsson et al.
The treatment of patients with chronic pain disorders is complex. In the rehabilitation of these patients, coping with chronic pain is seen as important. The aim of this study was to explore the meaning of attachment and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (CT) among patients with chronic pain and psychiatric co-morbidity. A phenomenological approach within a lifeworld perspective was used. In...
UC Research Repository
2014
Tara Mueller
1 citation
Research suggests that pro-social skills and self-regulatory abilities are necessary for healthy child development and are prerequisites for interacting in the school classroom in ways that avoid disruption and distress. Children without pro-social skills struggle to engage in positive social interaction with peers and may respond disruptively to classroom challenges. Increasing concerns in...
Transpersonal Psychology Review
2014
Peter Lloyd Bennett
This article charts a personal journey through a range of learning experiences relating to spirituality and mindfulness. The meanings that I have absorbed from these experiences are specific to my subjective understanding and I hope that others will bring new meanings to these experiences and descriptions by drawing upon their knowledge and personal reflections.
2014
D. Grewal
Meditation refers to a family of self-regulation practices that focus on training attention and awareness in order to bring mental processes under greater voluntary control and thereby foster general mental well-being and self-inducement of a mode of consciousness development whereby specific capacities such as calm, clarity, and concentration are attained. The process of concentrating,...
Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy
2014
G Kielhofner
The theme of mind-body unity is fundamental to occupational therapy. Nonetheless, the field continues to embrace a dualism of mind and body. This dualism persists because the field views the body only as an object, ignoring how the body is lived. Drawing upon phenomenological discussions of bodily experience, this paper illustrates how the lived body is a locus of intelligence, intentionality,...
Consciousness and Cognition
2014
Lee-Fan Tan, Z. Dienes, A. Jansari et al.
Electroencephalogram based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) enable stroke and motor neuron disease patients to communicate and control devices. Mindfulness meditation has been claimed to enhance metacognitive regulation. The current study explores whether mindfulness meditation training can thus improve the performance of BCI users. To eliminate the possibility of expectation of improvement...
The Permanente Journal
2014
Tracy Mccubbin, Sona Dimidjian, Karin Kempe et al.
Background: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs have demonstrated clinical effectiveness for both mental and physical health conditions. Less research exists on health services utilization, self-efficacy, or work productivity outcomes. Objective: To assess one-year outcomes of MBSR in patients with chronic pain, chronic illness, or stress-related problems, measuring functional...
International Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
2014
A. Zebarjadi, D. Ghasemian, R. Hassanzadeh
The present study was conducted on the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on reduction of depression and Dysfunctional attitudes of divorced women in Tehran. It was an experimental study with pre-test-post-test design and control group. The population consists (100) individuals who answered the depression and dysfunctional attitudes questionnaires and 20 samples were chosen...
FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People
2014
Peter Keohane
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an integrative psychological approach linking mindful meditation with cognitive therapy. It has a strong evidence base in treating recurrent depression. However, limited research has been completed with older people. The present study evaluates one adapted, community based MBCT group (N=8) in a partial replication of Smith, Graham and Senthinathan...