PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
June 6, 2026
Mamoru Nagae
preprint
Emotional acceptance is an important practice for recognizing anxiety, anger, appetite, the need for approval, jealousy, loneliness, procrastinatory impulses, and other internal reactions as observable experiences rather than denying or suppressing them. However, even after emotions and desires have been accepted, they may become sources of personality-level self-blame when they are identified...
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
June 6, 2026
Heidi Mauersberger, Till Kastendieck, Daniel Huppertz et al.
Abstract Emotional mimicry—the imitation of others’ emotions—fosters social bonding, but only when an affiliative emotion aligns with its context. We tested whether a brief Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) could broaden affiliative responsiveness to both congruent and incongruent emotional displays. In an online study (N = 214), participants watched targets expressing joy or disgust in scenes...
Journal of Psychiatric Research
June 6, 2026
Kemeng Zhu, Maoxin Hu, Chaomeng Liu et al.
Background: Late-life depression (LLD) is a growing public health concern in aging populations. Although digital mindfulness interventions show promise for depression, anxiety, and insomnia, their efficacy and electroencephalogram (EEG) correlates in older adults with LLD remain unclear. This study evaluated the FocusZen Mindfulness Stress Reduction System, a digital mindfulness intervention...
Communications Psychology
June 6, 2026
Theresa Waclawek, Georges Monette, Astrid Schuetz
Investigations into mindfulness and well-being have increasingly turned toward social outcomes such as compassion. However, research is needed to understand how mindfulness relates to compassion in real-world contexts. Moreover, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain insufficiently understood, with self-related processes-particularly self-absorption and interdependent...
Prophetic : Professional, Empathy, Islamic Counseling Journal
June 5, 2026
Tri Cahyono, Muhammad Faros Nabawi, Nurwulan Ardelia Asy Syifa
Anxiety is a psychological problem that is commonly faced by teenagers in Indonesia, which is often triggered by academic, social, and spiritual pressures. This research aims to develop a theoretical design that combines Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and muhasabah as a comprehensive approach in reducing anxiety in adolescents. Using the narrative review method, this study explores...
Didaktik Jurnal Ilmiah PGSD STKIP Subang
June 5, 2026
Inayah Tul Aini, Bhakti Prima Findiga Hermuttaqien, Siti Zahra Mulianti Natsir
Mathematics, learned from an early age to adulthood, plays an important role in daily life, especially in academics. However, many students perceive mathematics as difficult and intimidating, which can lead to mathematics anxiety. This study aimed to examine the effect of the mindfulness approach on students’ mathematics anxiety. The participants consisted of two groups: an experimental group...
Diabetes
June 5, 2026
Kaitlyn Rechenberg, Rebecca Koerner
Introduction and Objective: Adolescents with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) report high levels of anxiety symptoms which are associated with poor quality of life (QoL) and out-of-range hemoglobin A1c. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a manualized, evidence-based treatment for anxiety symptoms. We designed an 8-week, remote, asynchronous mHealth application, Appricate©, delivering...
Diabetes
June 5, 2026
Nazia Raja-Khan, Allen R Kunselman, Emily Wasserman et al.
Introduction and Objective: Adults with diabetes often experience high stress that can impair self-management and glycemia. We tested whether video-conference-based mindfulness meditation training (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction [MBSR]) improves HbA1c compared with an active Stress Management Education (SME) control in adults with uncontrolled diabetes. Methods: Randomized trial. Adults...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
June 5, 2026
Self-Guided Internet-Based Mindfulness-Informed Stress Management for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial With Longitudinal Network Analysis.
JMIR aging
June 5, 2026
Patrick Pui Kin Kor, Alex Pak Lik Tsang, Daphne Sze Ki Cheung et al.
Dementia caregiving entails chronic, fluctuating stress with downstream risks to caregivers' mental health and quality of care. Mindfulness-based interventions can reduce caregiver stress; however, moment-to-moment fluctuations in stress may limit receptivity to practice at any given time. We developed a brief mindfulness just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) that aims to deliver support...